Overall Orange Flood
in Kenya

Event summary

Flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102604
Glide number: FL-2024-000065-KEN
Death: 219
Displaced: 206000
Countries: Kenya
From - To 12 Apr - 06 May

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Kenya - Floods, update (ECHO 14 May 2024)Tue, 14 May 2024 11:06

  • Heavy rainfall continues to affect most of Kenya, causing rivers overflow, particularly the Tana and the Mara rivers, floods, flash floods and triggering landslides and mudslides that have resulted in more casualties and severe damage.
  • Media report, as of 14 May, 277 fatalities, 75 people still missing, 188 injured, more than 281,800 displaced and a total of approximately 380,500 affected people across 37 counties (out of a total of 47 in the country).
  • Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over south-western Kenya.
Kenya - Landslide and floods (ECHO 16 May 2024)Thu, 16 May 2024 10:59

  • The heavy rainfall affecting Kenya in recent days triggered a landslide on 14 May that has resulted in casualties and severe damage.
  • As of 16 May, media reports at least five missing and a destroyed road due to the landslide that occured in Kimende Escarpment in Kiambu county in central Kenya.
  • Since late March, Kenya has been hit by heavy rainfall and flooding since late March, bringing the death toll to 289 and the displaced people to nearly 300,000.
  • Over the next 48 hours, more rainfall is still forecasted over western Kenya.
Kenya, mid to late April 2024According to UNICEF, as of 3 May, 219 people died, 72 others are missing and 169 have been injured. In addition, more than 206,000 people have been displaced and 223,198 affected.Sun 28 Apr 2024Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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