The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that as of May 17, 473 people have lost their lives and about 410,350 have been displaced in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia Uganda and Tanzania, Xinhua news said. . The agency told.

OCHA said humanitarian agencies across the region continue to support governments in search and rescue operations, assess needs, pre-position available stocks and provide immediate assistance.

"I needed additional funding to increase response to heavy rainfall and widespread flooding," he said in a flood update issued in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.