Overview
- The government reports 42 fatalities after torrential weekend rains, while a police figure reported to AFP places the toll at 45 as searches continue.
- Police say Nairobi accounts for 26 deaths, with additional fatalities in Eastern (10), Rift Valley (4), and one each in Nyanza and Coast regions.
- The Kenya Red Cross reports more than 50,000 people displaced across the country and ongoing evacuations in hard‑hit neighborhoods.
- Authorities have deployed soldiers, released relief food from strategic reserves, and pledged to cover hospital treatment and burial costs for victims, as multi‑agency search‑and‑rescue operations continue and 172 swept‑away vehicles have been recovered.
- The Kenya Meteorological Department warned of heavy rain from March 4–8 and logged exceptional two‑day totals in Nairobi (including 88 mm then 160 mm at Wilson Airport), with forecasters noting rainfall has begun to ease in some areas after severe flooding disrupted transport and diverted flights to Mombasa.