Six-storey building collapses after floods in Kenyan capital


  • World
  • Saturday, 30 Apr 2016

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A six-storey building collapsed in Kenya's capital late on Friday, killing at least three people, KTN television reported, and trapping many others after days of heavy rains and floods.

Live footage showed rescuers bringing out two survivors through packed crowds of emergency crews and onlookers in the Huruma residential area in northeast Nairobi.

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