Overview
- Authorities, who updated figures Sunday, put the death toll at least 18 with most fatalities in the Eastern region and landslides confirmed in Tharaka Nithi, Elgeyo-Marakwet, and Kiambu.
- Infrastructure failures are disrupting daily life and trade, with police reporting two destroyed bridges on coastal and eastern routes and Nairobi traders protesting road damage in Makongeni and Ruai.
- The Interior Ministry mapped 59 flood‑prone sites in Tana River County as water levels rise along the Seven Forks dam system, signaling higher risk for low‑lying settlements.
- Weather officials warned of waterborne disease and likely damage to crops as the long‑rains season reaches its early‑May peak.
- Nationwide impact now spans 39 counties, with more than 60 people missing, roughly 55,000 households and 34 schools affected, and about 8,100 hectares of crops lost.