At least 26 people have died and 25 others are still missing after a landslide in western Kenya during heavy rains.

The government has stepped up the search mission, with four military planes deployed to help access the area that has been completely cut off after roads were washed away in devastating floods on Saturday.

But rescue efforts were suspended on Sunday after flash floods from a hill in the Chesongoch area in Kenya 's Rift Valley region.

Heavy rains are continuing across the country, with floods reported in several counties, and thousands of people displaced.

Image: Pic: AP/Andrew Kasuku

The Kenyan government is urging anyone living in areas prone to flooding or landslides to move as the wet weather is expected to continue.

Interior minister Kipchumba Murkomen said su

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