Landslide in western Kenya leaves 21 dead, 30 others missing

Nairobi, Kenya
AP
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At least 21 people have died and 30 others are missing after a landslide on Saturday in Kenya’s western Rift Valley region, where heavy rains have battered the area for days during the country’s ongoing short rains season.

More than 1,000 homes were destroyed by the mudslides in the hilly area of Chesongoch in Elgeyo Marakwet County, in western Kenya.

Several roads have been cut off and the government airlifted 30 survivors with serious injuries to a hospital in Eldoret City.

Local resident Stephen Kittony told the Citizen Television station that he heard a deafening sound and, together with his children, rushed out of…