Evening Rainfall Causes Flood Havoc In Nairobi, Highways Closed
Many Nairobi motorists are having difficulty getting home tonight due to significant flooding caused by heavy rainfall.
Images and videos uploaded online show some vehicles stalled and nearly buried in flood waters.
“I’m stuck at Parklands and live along Thika Road. Double tragedy. Hii ni kama leo nitalala kwa bar nikunywe fanta madiaba (It looks like I will transnight in a bar taking soda),” lamented a motorist.
A separate video filmed in the Kilimani region and shared on X showed highly flooded roads, with one user jokingly suggesting that they be rerouted to State House.
Roads turn into rivers in Nairobi City this evening due to a lack of functional drainage. This adversely affects the transport of persons, pic.twitter.com/vXCMCZxZjS
— Motorist Association (@motoristsoffice) November 29, 2024
Several more comments from Kenyans in other parts of the city depicted a bleak picture, with many criticizing the inadequate drainage infrastructure.
“Mvua kidogo hii Nairobi inakaa Indian Ocean.”
“Ojijo Road magari zina float kama waru kwa harusi za huku Kianyaga.”
“Nimeanguka kwa hio mvua ya Parklands simu ikaingia kwa maji powerbank ikabebwa na floods.”
“Wale walikataa kutoka kwa riparian lands how it’s going?”
Nairobi few moments ago!!!#Floods pic.twitter.com/9z3kVfGfYN
— ONJOLO KENYA🇰🇪 (@onjolo_kenya) November 29, 2024
You need a submarine to beat the floods in Nairobi, especially the roads. pic.twitter.com/X9gp8UMFd8
— Mr Black⁛ (@MrBlackOG) November 29, 2024
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Kenya Met Director General David Gikungu stated that rainfall was predicted to continue in the Highlands East region, the West of the Rift Valley, the Lake Victoria Basin, the Rift Valley, the South-eastern lowlands, the Coastal region, and North-western and North-eastern Kenya.
Gikungu predicted that isolated heavy rainfall events would occur in select areas of these regions during the first half of the prediction period.
He stated that the distribution of precipitation was predicted to be severe, with rare thunderstorms.
Evening Rainfall Causes Flood Havoc In Nairobi, Highways Closed
