{"id":649,"date":"2026-10-07T21:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=649"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:10:23","slug":"senegal-races-to-recover-from-deadly-floods-before-youth-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"SENEGAL RACES TO RECOVER FROM DEADLY FLOODS BEFORE YOUTH OLYMPICS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by.philes isaboke <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senegal is bracing for more rain after heavy weekend floods killed several people in Dakar and surrounding regions.<br><br>Heavy rains on Sunday October 5th flooded roads and destroyed buildings. Local media reported a mother and her child killed in Parcelles Assainies area of Dakar after their home was flooded.<br><br>The Interior Ministry reported deaths and injuries in Dakar and Matam, with a building collapsing in Kaolack. Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo warned of high probability of more rain on Tuesday and Wednesday and said school opening this week could be postponed.<br><br>The meteorological agency ANACIM said Rufisque outside Dakar and Ranerou in Matam recorded 142 millimeters of rain in 24 hours while Dakar&#8217;s Yoff district recorded 138 millimeters.<br><br>The floods are testing infrastructure just 24 days before Senegal hosts the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics starting October 31st, the first Olympic event ever held in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG-20261007-WA0681-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG-20261007-WA0681-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG-20261007-WA0681-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG-20261007-WA0681-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG-20261007-WA0681-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG-20261007-WA0681.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by.philes isaboke Senegal is bracing for more rain after heavy weekend floods killed several people in Dakar and surrounding regions. Heavy rains on Sunday October 5th flooded roads and destroyed buildings. Local media reported a mother and her child killed in Parcelles Assainies area of Dakar after their home was flooded. The Interior Ministry reported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}