Overall Orange alert Flood
in South Sudan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103506
Glide number: FL-2025-000168-SSD
Death: 0
Displaced: 135313
Countries: South Sudan
From - To 15 Jul - 19 Sep

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Flood in South Sudan - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 08 Oct 2025 15:57

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
South Sudan, mid-September 2025The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reports, as of 19 September, more than 135,300 displaced people and a total of nearly 379,200 affected people across 21 counties throughout the four states of Unity, Upper Nile, Jonglei and Central Equatoria, with Unity state as the worst affected in terms of displaced people and Jonglei state as the worst affected in terms of affected people. In addition, the same source also reports an uncertain number of destroyed and damaged houses.Fri 1 Aug 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Floods Push Pibor to the Brink of Catastrophic Hunger, Oxfam Warns 9/22/2025 9:59:00 PM.

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN – Devastating floods are threatening to push thousands of already vulnerable people in Greater Pibor Administrative area from severe food insecurity (IPC Phase 4) into catastrophic IPC Phase 5, Oxfam in South Sudan warns.
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Orange flood alert in South Sudan 9/20/2025 12:00:00 PM.

South Sudan, mid-September 2025 The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reports, as of 19 September, more than 135,300 displaced people and a total of nearly 379,200 affected people across 21 countie
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South Sudan: Floods Snapshot (As of 17 September 2025) 9/20/2025 3:51:00 AM.

SITUATION UPDATE. As of 17 September, widespread flooding continues to impact communities across South Sudan, affecting an estimated 379,154 people in 21 counties across five states. The majority—over 83%—are in Jonglei and Unity states. At
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South Sudan: Flooding Situation Flash Update No. 3 (As of 17 September.. 9/20/2025 3:51:00 AM.

HIGHLIGHTS As of 17 September, flooding continues to affect communities across South Sudan, with an estimated 379,154 people impacted in 21 counties across five states; Floodwaters have submerged farmland, homes, and humanitarian facilities
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), INFORM (2),