Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Kware: how deep did the water get?
In the Flood Check model of the Nairobi flood of 5 to 8 March 2026, the wettest tenth of Kware had 148 cm of water or more (chest deep or more), with the most water at Sun 8 Mar, 21:00. Most of the area stayed under 10 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
- 148 cm, chest deep or more
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 20%, at Sun 8 Mar, 21:00
- Hours with 10 cm or more
- 71 hours, in the wettest tenth
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 100% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Kware with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Outer Ring Roadup to 220 cm, chest deep or more
- Quarry roadup to 120 cm, chest deep or more
What the press reported
- Mukuru Kwa Njenga: Named among the flooded estates.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.