Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Runda: 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 Runda: the wettest tenth had 4 cm or less. The wettest road, Fuchsia Close, had up to 66 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
- 4 cm, wet ground
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 5%, at Sun 8 Mar, 05:00
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 56% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Runda with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Fuchsia Closeup to 66 cm, thigh deep
- Gardenia Roadup to 28 cm, shin deep
- Magnolia Closeup to 26 cm, shin deep
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 Runda
- Old Runda2 cm
- Whisper Estate46 cm
- Mimosa0 cm
- Mae Ridge0 cm
- Runda Meadows2 cm
- Gigiri0 cm