Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Gatina: 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 Gatina: the wettest tenth had 6 cm or less. The wettest road, Gatina-Waraku Road, had up to 118 cm.
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
- 6 cm, ankle deep
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 7%, at Sat 7 Mar, 13:00
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 74% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Gatina with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Gatina-Waraku Roadup to 118 cm, waist deep
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.