Five people have been killed and three are still missing after the collapse of an unauthorized gold mine in northern Kenya, police said Saturday.
Despite March closures, the Hillo area "continued to attract people looking to make a living", said Patrick Mwakio, police commander for the region's Marsabit county.
"The bodies were found after searches that began yesterday," he said, adding that three others had yet to be found.
Weeks of heavy rains led to the mine's collapse, county official David Saruni told NTV television.
The storms have caused 291 deaths across the country with 75 people missing, and forced around 275,000 people from their homes, according to a government tally released on May 16.