Flash floods have hit parts of Kenya, cutting off roads and submerging vehicles.
In the coastal city of Mombasa, many road users were forced to abandon their cars and use motorbikes to access the airport and train station today, after floods cut off roads in that section of the city.
In the county of Isiolo in northern Kenya, locals are searching for a young man who was washed away by floods as he rode a motorbike.
The conservation organisation Save the Elephants also rescued eight people from a sinking lorry, after floods trapped them.
The meteorological department had warned that El Niño rains could hit Kenya and other East African countries from mid-October and cause flooding, infrastructure damage and possible deaths.
