Five people among them four family members were Friday night killed by raging floods in  Rongai and Koibatek districts.

In the first incident, four family members were swept away after a dam burst its banks in Tuyotich village in Makongeni sublocation in Rongai district following heavy down pour that pounded the area for the better part of the night.

Koibatek OCPD Agnes Lihab said among the dead were a 70-year -old woman, her daughter aged 28 years and her two children aged between 7 and 4 years.  

She said the bodies of the four were retrieved and moved to Nakuru municipal mortuary.

In the second incident the OCPD said a middle agaed man drowned in Esagari area in Koibatek district.  as he tried to cross a swollen river.

His body was also retrieved and taken to Eldama ravine district hospital mortuary.

Unconfirmed reports said that several homes have been submerged in Kures in Mogotio district and a number of livestock swept away by the floods.

Several people have died as a result of heavy rains that have been pounding various parts of the country causing flash floods.