Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Ngara Heights: 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 Ngara Heights had 108 cm of water or more (waist deep), with the most water at Sun 8 Mar, 03:00. 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.
Open Ngara Heights on the 3D map
The numbers
- Wettest tenth of the area
- 108 cm, waist deep
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 16%, at Sun 8 Mar, 03:00
- Hours with 10 cm or more
- 62 hours, in the wettest tenth
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 97% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Ngara Heights with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Ring Roadup to 274 cm, chest deep or more
- Kariakor Roundaboutup to 270 cm, chest deep or more
- Racecourse Roadup to 270 cm, chest deep or more
- Kombo Munyiri Roadup to 234 cm, chest deep or more
- Jahmby FayaMama Koikai Laneup to 146 cm, chest deep or more
- Jodongo Roadup to 142 cm, chest deep or more
What the press reported
- Kirinyaga Road, CBD: The Red Cross rescued at least 20 people stranded on Kirinyaga Road.Citizen Digital, 7 Mar
- 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 Ngara Heights
- Ngara0 cm
- Grogon82 cm
- Ngara East0 cm
- River Side108 cm
- Koja60 cm
- Kariokor8 cm