<p>At least 20 people have been killed by floods after heavy rain in the Manyara region of northern Tanzania, the ministry of health said on Sunday.</p><p>Severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed hundreds of people in Kenya and Somalia in recent weeks. The rains have also left a trail of destruction, ruining infrastructure like roads and submerging towns in East Africa, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.</p>.One dead, 11 missing in flash floods around Indonesia's Lake Toba.<p>"We are very shocked by this event," President Samia Suluhu Hassan said in a video message posted online by the Tanzanian ministry of health.</p><p>She directed security agencies, the ministry of health and other relevant bodies to put in all efforts into ongoing search and rescue efforts to prevent more deaths.</p><p>The more than 20 people were killed in Katesh village in the Hanang district of Manyara, the president said.</p><p>The heavy rain on Saturday night caused landslides in some areas of Mount Hanang, domestic media outlets reported, adding that the waters also swept away livestock.</p><p>Climate change is causing more intense and more frequent extreme weather events, scientists say.</p><p>In response, African leaders are pushing for new global taxes and changes to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action.</p>
<p>At least 20 people have been killed by floods after heavy rain in the Manyara region of northern Tanzania, the ministry of health said on Sunday.</p><p>Severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed hundreds of people in Kenya and Somalia in recent weeks. The rains have also left a trail of destruction, ruining infrastructure like roads and submerging towns in East Africa, displacing hundreds of thousands of people.</p>.One dead, 11 missing in flash floods around Indonesia's Lake Toba.<p>"We are very shocked by this event," President Samia Suluhu Hassan said in a video message posted online by the Tanzanian ministry of health.</p><p>She directed security agencies, the ministry of health and other relevant bodies to put in all efforts into ongoing search and rescue efforts to prevent more deaths.</p><p>The more than 20 people were killed in Katesh village in the Hanang district of Manyara, the president said.</p><p>The heavy rain on Saturday night caused landslides in some areas of Mount Hanang, domestic media outlets reported, adding that the waters also swept away livestock.</p><p>Climate change is causing more intense and more frequent extreme weather events, scientists say.</p><p>In response, African leaders are pushing for new global taxes and changes to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action.</p>