Overall Green Flood
in Kenya

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103849
Death: 11
Displaced: 100
Countries: Kenya
From - To 22 Apr - 03 May

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Meteo assessment
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Analytical products
Flood in Kenya - EC/ECHO daily mapThu, 30 Apr 2026 16:54

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Kenya - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 09 May 2026)Mon, 04 May 2026 09:40

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting a number of counties of Kenya since 21 April, causing rivers to overflow (particularly the Tana river). The resulting floods and landslides have resulted in casualties and widespread damage. The affected counties and regions are Tana River, Mombasa, Kwale, Tharaka Nithi, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kiambu, Eastern, Central, Coast, Nairobi and Rift Valley.
  • Media report, as of 4 May, 18 fatalities, of whom nine are in the Eastern region, three in the central region, and two each in Coast, Nairobi and Rift Valley regions. Media also reports several displaced families and damaged infrastructures across the affected areas.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more rainfall is still forecast over western, southern and coastal Kenya.
Flood in Kenya - EC/ECHO daily mapThu, 07 May 2026 14:51

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya, Early May 2026Local media reported flooding and mudslides in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya, in early May 2026.Sun 3 May 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),