Kenya

Brief · 15 September 2026

Kenya recorded a new active wildfire this week alongside two ongoing regional drought events. The wildfire, detected by satellite on 12 September, showed a total fire radiative power of 6,392 MW. Two separate droughts, one spanning Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, and another covering the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, continue to affect the region.

Wildfire A newly detected wildfire in Kenya showed a total fire radiative power of 6,392 MW and a peak FRP of 454 MW, with 155 thermal detections recorded across 10 satellite passes over a 25-hour burning period, according to satellite data first tracked on 12 September 2026.

Drought A drought affecting Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia covers an area of 509,495 km2, per GDO data via GDACS, first tracked on 27 July 2026. A second drought affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda covers 196,893 km2, first tracked on 29 July 2026.

• A wildfire in Kenya, first detected on 12 September 2026, is active with a total fire radiative power of 6,392 MW.
• A drought affecting Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, first tracked on 27 July 2026, remains active.
• A drought affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, first tracked on 29 July 2026, remains active.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. 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.