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Flooded Limuru Road cut off after heavy rains – PHOTOS


Motorists using Limuru Road were left marooned in a flooded section of the busy highway following a heavy downpour on Saturday morning.

The underpass at Kamandura Bridge became flooded with several cars and a truck submerged in the floods.

Witness said the heavy rains started at around 4 in the morning and continued for several hours.

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A trailer which was stuck in a flooded section of the Kamandura Limuru Flyover following heavy rains. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU

The morning foggy weather also limited the movement of drivers and pedestrians.

One of the owners of the submerged vehicles was traveling with his family but they were later rescued.

At the time of publishing this story, all the submerged saloon cars had been towed away except for one trailer.

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A trailer which was stuck in a flooded section of the Kamandura Limuru Flyover following heavy rains. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU