Residents help a young child while trying to cross a road damaged by El Niño rains on November 25, 2023.Brian Inganga/AP
- Severe flooding in Kenya has displaced hundreds of people and left over 120 dead.
- The weather event El Niño is impacting the climate patterns, causing temperatures to rise.
Mass flooding in Africa is displacing hundreds of people in Kenya by flooding roads and communities.
The chaotic weather stems from the El Niño Southern Oscillation, a weather event that occurs naturally and irregularly about every two to seven years. It creates a domino-like weather effect impacting areas across the globe with varying rainfall and temperature changes, per the World Health Organization.
In eastern Africa, El Niño typically causes wet conditions, according to the WHO. These photos show the devastating impact that the weather fluctuations can have.