Thursday, April 5, 2012

Mathare slum disaster....KENYA....PICS.....05/04/2012

Kenyan rescue workers retrieve the body of a man a victim of a massive boulder that crashed onto houses on April 4, 2012 in Mathare slum of Nairobi, killing at least six people and trapping many underground after a night of heavy rains. The Red Cross said more than 40 houses were destroyed in the sprawling slums in the north of the capital when huge boulders came crashing onto them early on April 4. Teams of rescue workers used hoes and axes in an attempt to break up boulders that towered over their heads as crowds of onlookers stood perilously close.








Kenyan rescue workers direct operations to remove a massive boulder that crashed onto houses on April 4, 2012 in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, killing at least six people and trapping many underground after a night of heavy rains. The Red Cross said more than 40 houses were destroyed in the sprawling slums in the north of the capital when huge boulders came crashing onto them early on April 4. Teams of rescue workers used hoes and axes in an attempt to break up boulders that towered over their heads as crowds of onlookers stood perilously close.






Kenyan rescue workers direct operations to remove a massive boulder that crashed onto houses on April 4, 2012 in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, killing at least six people and trapping many underground after a night of heavy rains. The Red Cross said more than 40 houses were destroyed in the sprawling slums in the north of the capital when huge boulders came crashing onto them early on April 4. Teams of rescue workers used hoes and axes in an attempt to break up boulders that towered over their heads as crowds of onlookers stood perilously close.







Kenyan people gather around the site of the rock slide being removed in Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday April 4 2012 The Kenya Red Cross says four people died after rocks fell on their houses in a Nairobi slum early Wednesday morning after heavy overnight rains. The statement said more than 40 houses were affected and there are fears others are trapped.









The body of a victim of a rock slide being removed from the rubble in Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday April 4 2012. The Kenyan Red Cross says four people died after rocks fell on their houses in a Nairobi slum early Wednesday morning after heavy overnight rains. The statement said more than 40 houses were affected and there are fears others are trapped.







People watch from an iron sheet houses as rescuers retrieve bodies from the rubble following a massive boulder that crashed onto houses April 4, 2012 in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, killing at least six people and trapping many underground after a night of heavy rains. The Red Cross said more than 40 houses were destroyed in the sprawling slums in the north of the capital when huge boulders came crashing onto them early on April 4. Teams of rescue workers used hoes and axes in an attempt to break up boulders that towered over their heads as crowds of onlookers stood perilously close.







Bulldozers clear a section of the Mathare valley slum after boulders, rocks and mud tumbled down a hillside overlooking the slum, smashing into the houses and burying the occupants, in Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 4, 2012. More than four people are feared dead while scores of others are trapped as the heavy rains led to a landslide in one of Kenya's biggest slums crammed with tin and mud shanty houses. Rescue officials said the cramped nature of the slum dwellings were hindering rescue operations.







The body of a victim of a rock slide being removed from the rubble in Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday April 4 2012. The Kenyan Red Cross says four people died after rocks fell on their houses in a Nairobi slum early Wednesday morning after heavy overnight rains. The statement said more than 40 houses were affected and there are fears others are trapped.




Policemen search for survivors under rubble at the Mathare valley slum after boulders, rocks and mud tumbled down a hillside overlooking the slum, smashing into the houses and burying the occupants in Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 4, 2012. More than four people are feared dead while scores of others are trapped as the heavy rains led to a landslide in one of Kenya's biggest slums crammed with tin and mud shanty houses. Rescue officials said the cramped nature of the slum dwellings were hindering the rescue operations.







A Kenyan woman wails upon seeing the body of her relative retrieved from the rubble by rescuers workers following a massive boulder that crashed onto houses April 4, 2012 in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, killing at least six people and trapping many underground after a night of heavy rains. The Red Cross said more than 40 houses were destroyed in the sprawling slums in the north of the capital when huge boulders came crashing onto them early on April 4. Teams of rescue workers used hoes and axes in an attempt to break up boulders that towered over their heads as crowds of onlookers stood perilously close.






Bulldozers clear a section of the Mathare valley slum after boulders, rocks and mud tumbled down a hillside overlooking the slum, smashing into the houses and burying the occupants, in Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 4, 2012. More than four people are feared dead while scores of others are trapped as the heavy rains led to a landslide in one of Kenya's biggest slums crammed with tin and mud shanty houses. Rescue officials said the cramped nature of the slum dwellings were hindering rescue operations.






A policeman leads a bulldozer into the scene of a landslide at the Mathare valley slum, after boulders, rocks and mud tumbled down a hillside overlooking the slum, smashing into the houses and burying the occupants in Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 4, 2012. More than four people are feared dead while scores of others are trapped as the heavy rains led to a landslide in one of Kenya's biggest slums crammed with tin and mud shanty houses. Rescue officials said the cramped nature of the slum dwellings were hindering the rescue operations.







Policemen secure the scene of a landslide at the Mathare valley slum after boulders, rocks and mud tumbled down a hillside overlooking the slum, smashing into the houses and burying the occupants in Kenya's capital Nairobi, April 4, 2012. More than four people are feared dead while scores others are trapped as the heavy rains led to a landslide in one of Kenya's biggest slums crammed with tin and mud shanty houses. Rescue official said the cramped nature of the slum dwellings were hindering the rescue operations.
























































































































































































































































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