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Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed no fewer than 188 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes as dozens more were killed in neighbouring Tanzania and Burundi. This is as torrential rain and floods have destroyed homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure across the region.

The Kenyan Interior Ministry on Thursday gave the figure as it continues to battle heavy rains.

“As a result, the country has regrettably recorded 188 fatalities due to severe weather conditions,” the ministry said in a statement.

It added that 125 people had been reported injured and 90 people were currently missing, while 165,000 have been displaced.

Reuters reports that the death toll in Kenya exceeds that from floods triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon late last year.

In the central Kenyan town of Mai Mahiu, where at least 48 died in flash floods on Monday, two bodies were recovered from the debris on Wednesday, Kenya Red Cross South Rift Regional Manager Felix Maiyo said.

Military personnel accompanied by sniffer dogs had joined the search, Maiyo said. Earlier on Wednesday, government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said the total death toll had risen by 10 to 179.