Southern Odisha floods: over 100,000 moved to safety across 13 districts
Flood
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
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In brief
- What happenedFlooding associated with the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal affected southern Odisha in late September 2026.
- Reported impactPeople moved from low-lying areas / sheltered: More than 100,000 across the state · 28 September officials-attributed report · Relief centres: Over 500 across 13 districts · Districts affected: 13
- What help is neededResponse priorities should be confirmed in the linked source reports as needs change.
What changed
Updated verified snapshot
This record was first dated 2026-09-23 and last verified 2026-09-28.
Situation
Flooding associated with the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal affected southern Odisha in late September 2026. An officials-attributed DD India report on 28 September said more than 100,000 people had been moved from low-lying areas and sheltered in over 500 relief centres across 13 districts. In Balasore district, 67,266 people had been evacuated and more than 350,000 people were reported affected. The state-level relocation figure is an evacuation/movement observation, not a separately verified displaced-population count; Balasore’s affected-population figure is district-scoped and is not added to the statewide number. No casualty total is inferred.
WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 1 attributed source, cleaned feed formatting and checked the crisis, place and reporting date. 6 human-impact figures were separated from the narrative and dated where the source allowed. Earlier observations remain in the evidence history instead of being silently overwritten.
Verified figures
- People moved from low-lying areas / sheltered
- More than 100,000 across the state · 28 September officials-attributed report retained at 2026-09-28
- Relief centres
- Over 500 across 13 districts retained at 2026-09-28
- Districts affected
- 13 retained at 2026-09-28
- Balasore evacuated
- 67,266 retained at 2026-09-28
- Balasore affected
- More than 350,000 · district scope retained at 2026-09-28
- Scope note
- Movement/evacuation is not labelled as confirmed displacement; district and state figures are not summed; no casualties inferred. Earlier centre and evacuation snapshots remain in the evidence ledger. retained at 2026-09-28
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- Officials via DD India/PTI: more than 100,000 moved to safer locations and sheltered in over 500 centres across 13 districts. Balasore: 67,266 evacuated; more than 350,000 affected. preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
Earlier figures are never replaced by later values; additional observations are retained as new ledger entries.
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