Overall Green Flood
in Nigeria

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103409
Death: 44
Displaced: 8969
Countries: Nigeria
From - To 23 Jul - 20 Aug

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Flood in Nigeria - UNITAR-UNOSAT ActivationWed, 30 Jul 2025 15:35

UNITAR-UNOSAT Potentially Damaged Buildings has been activated
Nigeria - Flash floods, update (ECHO 05 Aug 2025)Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:35

  • On 27 July, heavy rainfall triggering flash floods have affected Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa state, northeastern Nigeria, causing fatalities and damage.
  • Media reports as of 29 July, 25 fatalities,11 missing, 55 injured, and 5,560 displaced people. One shelter has been set up at Aliyu Musdafa College in Yola. Several homes and roads have been submerged.
  • Over the next 48 hours, heavy to very heavy rain is expected across Nigeria.
  • The crisis modifier of a DG ECHO funded project has been activated for an initial emergency response.
Kebbi State, Nigeria, Mid- to Late August 2025Disaster authorities in Nigeria reported flooding caused damage and displacements in Kebbi State after heavy rain on 18 August 2025.Fri 22 Aug 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),