Kenya

Brief · 18 September 2026

This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 18 September 2026. The event list below is current.

Kenya recorded a newly detected wildfire this week alongside two ongoing regional drought events affecting large areas of the country and neighbouring states. A low-severity flood event was also newly logged in Kenya during the period.

Wildfire A new wildfire in Kenya was detected by satellite with a total fire radiative power of 6,392 MW, a peak FRP of 454 MW, and 155 thermal detections across 10 satellite passes, first tracked on 12 September 2026.

Drought Kenya remains within two separate ongoing drought events tracked by GDACS: one spanning Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia covering about 509,495 km2, and another covering the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda covering about 196,893 km2. Both have been tracked since late July 2026 and remain classed as orange severity.

Flood A flood event in Kenya was newly recorded on 15 September 2026 via GLOFAS, currently at green severity.

• A wildfire in Kenya, first tracked on 12 September 2026, is newly detected with a total fire radiative power of 6,392 MW.
• A flood in Kenya, first tracked on 15 September 2026, is newly recorded.

Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 18 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 18 Sept, 20:42 UTC, not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.