Flood Check

Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026

Pillers of Kibera: 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 Pillers of Kibera: the wettest tenth had 8 cm or less. The wettest road, Lang'ata Link Road, had up to 212 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 Pillers of Kibera on the 3D map

The numbers

Wettest tenth of the area
8 cm, ankle deep
Most of the area
dry or nearly dry
Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
10%, at Sat 7 Mar, 03:00
Compared with Nairobi
wetter than 75% of the 318 Nairobi areas here

Land with water, hour by hour

Thu 5 MarFri 6 MarSat 7 MarSun 8 Mar

Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Pillers of Kibera with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).

Roads with the most water

What the press reported

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 Pillers of Kibera