Overall Green alert Flood
in Nigeria

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102720
Death: 5
Displaced: 10284
Countries: Nigeria
From - To 23 Jun - 07 Sep

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Nigeria - Floods (ECHO 31 Aug 2024)Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:11

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting Nigeria since 20 August, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • According to media, as of 24 August, at least 33 people died, 44,000 have been displaced and 7,800 houses have been destroyed in Jigawa State in northern Nigeria.  UN OCHA reports, as of 23 August, 45 missing people, 10,264 displaced people, 12,583 affected people and 298 destroyed houses due to floods across the Adamawa state in north-eastern Nigeria.
  • For the next 24 hours, more rainfall is forecasted over the whole country, with locally very heavy rainfall in the western part of Nigeria.
Nigeria - Floods (ECHO 08 Sep 2024)Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:11

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Nigeria since 20 August, causing floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • According to International Rescue Committee (IRC), as of 2 September, at least 170 people died, 205,338 have been displaced, 515,794 have been affected, and 76,667 houses have been damaged across 28 out of 36 states, including Bauchi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Niger, and Jigawa states as the most impacted.  
  • For the next 48 hours, more rainfall is forecasted over the northern and eastern parts of Nigeria.
Flood in Nigeria - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationWed, 11 Sep 2024 09:48

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
Anambra State, Nigeria, September 2024Local media reported fatalities following flooding in Anambra State, Nigeria, in September 2024.Mon 9 Sep 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Borno dam collapse: FG opens IDP camps as flood submerges 70% of Maidu.. 9/10/2024 11:54:00 PM.

Thousands of Maiduguri inhabitants have been displaced, with the Nigerian Correctional Service recapturing three inmates after a jailbreak, while 80 per cent of animals at the Sanda Kyarimi Park zoo died as Borno State suffered its most dev
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Flood damages Maiduguri prison, inmates to be evacuated – Official 9/10/2024 11:08:00 PM.

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) is working tirelessly to mitigate the devastating impact of recent flooding on its facilities in Maiduguri, Borno, particularly the Medium Security Custodial Centre. The Service Public Relations Offi
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Maiduguri floods most catastrophic in three decades – Shettima 9/10/2024 10:41:00 PM.

Vice President Kashim Shettima says, despite preparations, the severity of the floods in Maiduguri is the most catastrophic in over three decades in the state capital. Shettima stated this on Tuesday during an on-the-spot assessment of the
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Dam overflow sparks new crisis in insurgency-hit Nigerian city 9/10/2024 10:25:00 PM.

Maiduguri, Nigeria - Flood water from an overflowing dam has destroyed thousands of homes in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, and emergency officials fear the situation could get worse. Several aerial videos
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),