Places Affected By Floods In Kenya In 2024 (list)
The recent rain in Kenya that has been going on for weeks now has caused serious flooding in different parts of the country and some places are seriously affected.
From deaths, people going missing due to the floods caused by the rain, family loosing their houses and a place to sleep, others vacating their houses at night because water has entered their houses, cars being carried by the water including other properties.
The list doesn’t stop there, livestock dieing, businesses distracted seriously, roads being unaccessible by cars making people not to go to work or come back home to their loved ones, rivers breaking etc.
Here is a list of areas in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya where the rain has caused a lot of bad than good by raining consistently for a number of weeks now.
List Of Flooded Areas In Kenya:
- Kasarani, Mwiki
- Mathare
- Runda
- Athi River
- Thika (Thika Road area)
- Kahawa Wendani
- Juja
- Kiambere Dam
- Mathare
- Northlands city
- Mwea, Kirinyaga
- Githurai
- Kahawa Sukari
- Githurai 45
- Kamakis
- Kariobangi
- Mukuru
- Huruma
- Ruaraka
- Baba Dogo
- Bosnia
- Umoja 3
- Choka
- Njiru
- Ruai
- Utawala
- Eastern Bypass
- Kinoo
- Kijabe
- Limuru
- Ruiru
- Parts of Kisumu
- Graceland
- Joska
- Kaswito
- Kicheko
- Mangili
- Kibra
- Kenyatta Road
- Kitengela
- Magadi.
Kenya Red Cross has so far started and rescued people, they said in a statement; “After heavy downpours in various parts of Nairobi last night, our Nairobi Red Cross Branch team has been dispatched to conduct assessments in most of the affected areas and, if needed, initiate search and rescue operations.”