Kenya dam disaster: Rescuers searching for survivors

After the heaviest rains in two decades, flooding leaves at least 49 dead, more missing and thousands homeless.

Rescuers in Kenya are searching for survivors after a dam collapsed, killing at least 49 people with several more still missing.

The dam in the Rift Valley – which is around 150km north of the capital, Nairobi – burst its banks on Wednesday, washing away almost an entire village.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from Kenya.