Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Ngumo West Estate: 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 Ngumo West Estate: 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.
Open Ngumo West Estate on the 3D map
The numbers
- Wettest tenth of the area
- 0 cm, dry
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 13% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Ngumo West Estate with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
What the press reported
- Kibra: 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.
Areas near Ngumo West Estate
- Golf Course Phase II2 cm
- Ngumo Central Estate0 cm
- Sunview Estate2 cm
- Laini Saba4 cm
- High Rise78 cm
- Ankara6 cm