Heavy rains beginning in March 2018 led to major flooding throughout the Tana River area . On 17 May 2018 , it was announced that the Masinga dam had reached capacity and had begun to overflow one week after the deadly failure of a smaller embankment dam in Solai . While safeguards in place prevented the dam from failing , other dams downstream had already reached capacity and authorities advised the evacuation of the towns of Garissa , Garsen , Hola , and Bura
failure of a smaller embankment dam
Patel Dam failure
Masinga Hydroelectric Power Station