Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026

Syokimau: 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 Syokimau: even the wettest tenth stayed dry. The wettest road, Syokimau-Katani Road, had up to 56 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 Syokimau on the 3D map

The numbers

Wettest tenth of the area

0 cm, dry

Most of the area

dry or nearly dry

Land with 10 cm or more at the peak

2%, at Fri 6 Mar, 02:00

Compared with Nairobi

wetter than 3% of the 318 Nairobi areas here

Land with water, hour by hour

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

Roads with the most water

• Syokimau-Katani Roadup to 56 cm, knee deep
• Katani Roadup to 56 cm, knee deep

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

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 Syokimau

• Mlolongo Face Two0 cm
• Mlolongo Phase Two2 cm
• Mlongo Face Two2 cm
• Mlolongo0 cm
• Pridelands2 cm
• Katani2 cm