Tanzania, April 29 -- The death toll from Monday morning's Maai Mahiu dam tragedy has risen to 45.

Nakuru County Police Commander Samuel Ndanyi said 35 more bodies had been recovered from destroyed houses.

"We have so far recovered 45 bodies buried in the mud. We suspect they were trying to escape the floods when they were swept away. Most of them were women, children and elderly people who probably could not run fast enough," the police chief said.

During the Monday 4am incident, the floods swept away everything in sight.

Cars were swept away and smashed into buildings, which in turn were swept away to their foundations.

Nakuru County Health Department has mobilised a comprehensive relief effort to help those affected by the devasta...