Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
California: how deep did the water get?
In the Flood Check model of the Nairobi flood of 5 to 8 March 2026, little water settled in California: even the wettest tenth stayed dry.
The model has no river channels: water that reaches a river valley stays there, so depths beside the Nairobi, Mathare and Ngong rivers are higher than the real water was. It has no blocked drains either. Check the exact street.
The numbers
- Wettest tenth of the area
- 0 cm, dry
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 1%, at Sat 7 Mar, 01:00
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 14% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of California with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
What the press reported
- Kariokor, Ring Road: The swollen Nairobi River blocked the Kariokor to Ring Road roundabout overnight. Five vehicles were towed.Citizen Digital, 7 Mar
Renting or buying here?
Pin the exact address on the 3D map to see its depth for every hour of the flood. Water can sit on one street and miss the next, so check the address, not only the area. Ask neighbours how high the water got, and visit after heavy rain.
Areas near California
- Pumwani2 cm
- Majengo32 cm
- Nairobi Handcraft68 cm
- Eastleigh0 cm
- Gorofani36 cm
- Eastleigh Section 3110 cm