Floods in Kenya
55 floods have been recorded in Kenya by Global Incident Tracker, 52 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 10 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
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Today (UTC)
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Last 7 days
52
In 2026
55
Total recorded
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Most recent floods in Kenya
Kenya Re taps university students for AI-powered flood solution plan
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Fighting flood risk with Artificial Intelligence: Kenya Re taps student innovation
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Kenya Re taps 90 university students to develop AI flood risk tool
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Kenya El Niño forecast: Why heavy rains could boost drought recovery but raise flood risks
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Kenya Met Issues Flash Flood Alert for Several Parts Of Kenya As Rains Begin
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Rain of trauma: Why Nairobi flood victims fear Deja Vu in El Niño
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Sakaja lauds ongoing flood mitigation efforts in Nairobi ahead of anticipated heavy rains
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Kenya’s maize harvest faces up to 36% yield drop as El Niño brings new flood risk
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Kenya’s cities face rising flood, heat and water risks, govt warns
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Nairobi West residents raise alarm over demolition of flood barriers
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Sakaja gives contractors 14 days to complete Nairobi flood-control works
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Kenya: Nairobi Tests Flood Response As Agencies Set Up Emergency Command Centre
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Nairobi tests flood response as agencies set up emergency command centre
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Kenya Power customer care X account appears hacked as crypto posts flood page
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Sakaja teams up with residents’ associations as Nairobi maps 227 flood hotspots ahead of El Niño rains
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El Niño: Nairobi starts evacuating families from flood-prone areas
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Sakaja unites agencies under one command to accelerate Nairobi flood preparations
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KHRC warns El Niño could trigger fresh human rights crisis as 80% of Kenya faces flood risk
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Sakaja’s real test: How El Niño will expose whether Nairobi’s flood plan works
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Sakaja Oversees Removal of illegal Structures Blocking Nairobi Waterways as Flood-Mitigation Drive Intensifies
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Nairobi’s El Niño flood dilemma: Warnings to move, but nowhere to go
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Nairobi maps 227 flood hotspots ahead of El Niño rains
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Narok town on high alert as El Nino rains raise flood fears
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Floods, cholera and hunger: The health toll Kenya is preparing for as El Nino looms
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Flood-Prone Garissa Named High-Risk County Ahead Of El Niño Rains
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Nairobi County deploys more machines to flood hotspots ahead of heavy rains
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Mandera County ramps up flood defences ahead of heavy rains
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Mandera steps up flood preparedness ahead of October rains - the-star.co.ke
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Nairobi unveils KSh2.4 billion flood plan ahead of El Niño rains
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Nairobi county says it has identified 16 flood hotspots
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When they happen
September carries the most floods we hold for Kenya — 33 of 55. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 2 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 1 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 3 | |
| September | 33 | |
| October | 15 | |
| November | 1 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Floods have official real-time feeds, and ours come from GDACS · NASA EONET · US NWS · Meteoalarm · national services (CAP) · news.