Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Zimmerman: 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 Zimmerman: 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 27% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Zimmerman with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
What the press reported
- Thika Road, Githurai: Thika Superhighway flooded between Githurai and Kahawa Sukari.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.