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Funnel in Africa absorbs the island's vegetation

Added	Mon, 01/06/2020
Источники	gismeteo.ru youtube.com
Дата публикации	Sun, 31/05/2020
Версии	Karst, Karst holes, sinkholes

Heavy rains fell in early may on East Africa. Floods affected 1.3 million people, had a record in 40 years of observation indicators. Their homes were forced to leave by 481 thousand people.

One of the most affected countries — Kenya, which killed 200 people and injured 230 thousand. Heavy rains caused floods and mudslides. In the province of rift valley town of Kericho on may 1, the water washed away the river Bank, there was a collapse of the soil. In the end, a hole where water flowed, it created a vortex, absorbing all the vegetation floating on the current. The locals took the terrifying phenomenon on video.

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