Hundreds of families in Nairobi's informal settlements have been left homeless and are now forced to spend their nights in the cold and in unhygienic conditions after floods swept through the area, destroying homes and submerging entire neighbourhoods.
The floods have also left three dead in Nairobi's Mathare Phase 4 estate after a wall crumbled on them following the intense rains that pounded most parts of the city on Monday night.
Two of the three who included a mother and her children succumbed to their injuries under the rubble, and the other one passed away while being taken to the hospital. In Nairobi's Mukuru Kwa Ruben estate, hundreds of houses were swept by the ravaging floodwaters, leaving the families stranded. A flooded neighbourhood after heavy rains in Nairobi County in 2023.
Photo Ma3Route Further, the residents' attempt to flee the affected houses has been hindered by the huge volumes of water that made it impossible for them to walk or even swim across.
