Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
K1/Kobil: 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 K1/Kobil: even the wettest tenth stayed dry. The wettest road, Nairobi Expressway, had up to 22 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
- 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, 04:00
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 20% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of K1/Kobil with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Nairobi Expresswayup to 22 cm, shin deep
What the press reported
- Uhuru Highway: Named among the flooded highways, including near the Haile Selassie exit of the Nairobi Expressway.Kenyans.co.ke, 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 K1/Kobil
- Parklands0 cm
- Chiromo12 cm
- Luna Park/Mpaka Road0 cm
- Highridge 2nd Parklands2 cm
- Westlands2 cm
- Ngara West2 cm