STORY: At least 13 people were killed in western Kenya's Rift Valley in a landslide early on Saturday morning (November 1), following heavy rains, police said.

Nineteen people have been rescued and an unknown number are still missing, Elgeyo-Marakwet County police commander Peter Mulinge told Reuters. Kenya's Interior Minister, Kipchumba Murkomen, said in a statement that military and police helicopters had been deployed to assist with the rescue efforts.

Hundreds of people have been killed in recent years in landslides and flooding in Kenya, with scientists saying climate change is causing more intense and frequent extreme weather events. In the worst incident last year, 61 people were killed in a mudslide and flash floods in central Kenya.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: ELGEYO-MARAKWET, KENYA (NOVEMBER 1, 2025) (KENYA RED CROSS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF WATER GUSHING DOWN A CHANNEL CREATED BY A LANDSLIDE

2. AN AREA IMPACTED BY THE LANDSLIDE

3. ROCKS AND MUD FROM LANDSLIDE COVERING ROAD / PEOPLE WALKING / PEOPLE STANDING NEARBY A VEHICLE PARKED ON ROAD

4. AERIAL VIEW SHOT OF THE LANDSLIDE AFFECTED AREA, FROM INSIDE A HELICOPTER

ELDORET, KENYA (NOVEMBER 1, 2025) (KENYA MINISTRY OF INTERIOR - Access all)

5 POLICE MEDICAL EVACUATION HELICOPTER LANDING

6. MEDICAL PERSONNEL CARRYING EMPTY STRETCHER LOOKING ON / AMBULANCES PARKED BEHIND THEM

7. SEVERAL MEDICAL PERSONNEL RUNNING TOWARDS HELICOPTER

8. MEDICAL PERSONNEL TAKING INJURED SURVIVORS OUT OF HELICOPTER

9. MEDICAL PERSONNEL STANDING AROUND AMBULANCE AFTER PLACING SURVIVOR INSIDE

10. MEDICAL PERSONNEL WAITING WITH A STRETCHER OUTSIDE THE HELICOPTER

11. MEDICAL PERSONNEL CARRYING A CHILD IN THEIR ARMS TOWARDS THE AMBULANCE

12. AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY