Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130

Residents of Chamwana Muma village walk through floodwater after using a makeshift bridge to cross the swollen River Tana, in Tana Delta, Kenya (Gideon Maundu/AP)

At least 130 people have died in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains that triggered what aid agencies described as flooding seen only once every 100 years.

Somalia bore the brunt of the flash floods that inundated the Horn of Africa region.