Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
South C: 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 South C: the wettest tenth had 2 cm or less.
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
- 2 cm, wet ground
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 23% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of South C with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
What the press reported
- Mombasa Road: Flooded near South C and Bellevue and towards the JKIA exit. Motorists were stranded overnight. The article does not say which stretch was deepest.Citizen Digital, 7 Mar
- Lang'ata Road, T-Mall: Lang'ata Road near T-Mall named among the flooded roads.Kenyans.co.ke, 7 Mar
- South B, South C and Nairobi West: Named among the flooded estates. The article says water rose to knee level in some estates.Kenyans.co.ke, 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 South C
- South B0 cm
- Nairobi West30 cm
- Mariakani88 cm
- Mukuru Kayaba Village84 cm
- Siwaka Estate6 cm
- Industrial Area16 cm