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: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Kenya
From - To 22 Apr - 29 Apr

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

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Kirinyaga County, Kenya, Late April 2026Local media reported flooding in Kirinyaga County, Kenya, from late April 2026.Thu 30 Apr 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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Latest media headlines

Kenya flood death toll hits 10 as dam overflow risk raises alarm 5/2/2026 10:19:00 AM.

NAIROBI, May 2 - At least 10 people have died across Kenya after heavy rains....
Kenya flood death toll hits 10 as dam overflow risk raises alarm 5/2/2026 10:00:00 AM.

NAIROBI, May 2 (Reuters) – At least 10 people have died across Kenya after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in several ?regions, police said, as authorities warned rising ?river levels could threaten communities downstream from
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Kenya flood death toll hits 10 as dam overflow risk raises alarm 5/2/2026 9:48:00 AM.

NAIROBI, May 2 (Reuters) – At least 10 people have died across Kenya after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in several ?regions, police said, as authorities warned rising ?river levels could threaten communities downstream from
...(more)
Kenya flood death toll hits 10 as dam overflow risk raises alarm NAIRO.. 5/2/2026 9:40:00 AM.

NAIROBI, May 2 (Reuters) – At least 10 people have died across Kenya after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in several ?regions, police said, as authorities warned rising ?river levels could threaten communities downstream from
...(more)

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),