Motorists stranded and military deployed after heavy rains pound Kenyan capital overnight

Описание: (7 Mar 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY

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Nairobi, Kenya - 6 March 2026
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of cars parked in flood waters and people pushing cars from water
2. Man wading through flood waters
3. Wide of cars in floodwarers
4. Cars driving through floodwaters
5. Various of people standing on bus
6. Bus in floodwaters
7. Car stuck in deep floodwaters
8. Various of commuters walking through floodwaters

++DAY SHOTS++
9. Various of floodwaters
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Chege Wambugu, local whose car was stranded:
"I've come to get my car, slept here. Because of poor drainage, as you can see, this car was here for parking but now I could not go with it and I want to tell the government that they had all indications that there will be El Niño, there would be rains but they didn't unblock the drainage system, which is very poor here in Nairobi."
11. Wambugu inspecting his car after the flooding
12. Police blocking a highway because of the flooding
STORYLINE:
Motorists in the Kenyan capital were stranded for hours on Saturday after roads were flooded following heavy rains overnight.

The military was deployed to assist emergency rescue services, and the local toll road operator waived fees for an elevated road.

Heavy rain began on Friday and continued overnight, submerging vehicles and forcing motorists in some areas to wade through hip-high water to reach higher ground.

A military rescue unit was deployed overnight to support emergency services as Kenya Red Cross response units struggled to reach people in need.

Rain has been pounding the country since late February, which marks the start of the long-rains season.

Previous rain seasons have seen flooding, landslides, and mudslides that have left hundreds of people dead and seen thousands of others displaced.

AP video by Andrew Kasuku

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