Flash floods kill more than 100 people, displace 700,000 in horn of Africa

British charity Save the Children on Thursday said flash flooding in the Horn of Africa has killed more than 100 people, including 16 children, and forced at least 700,000 from their homes in the Horn of Africa.

Several nations in the Horn of Africa region, particularly Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia have been lashed by unrelenting downpours since the beginning of the month due to the El Nino weather phenomenon.

Humanitarian groups have warned that the situation is only likely to worsen and called for urgent global intervention as El Nino is expected to last until at least April 2024.