Mexico floods: GDACS multi-episode summary reports 16 deaths and 1,353 displaced
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.
Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.
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In brief
- What happenedFloods in Mexico were linked in a national multi-episode summary from the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) to 16 reported deaths and 1,353 people displaced between 17 August and 4 October 2026.
- Reported impactDisplaced persons: 1,353 · Deaths: 16 · GDACS classification: Green · low humanitarian impact
- 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 2026-08-17 and last verified 2026-10-08.
Situation
Floods in Mexico were linked in a national multi-episode summary from the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) to 16 reported deaths and 1,353 people displaced between 17 August and 4 October 2026. The summary combines several distinct local episodes in this total; it is not a toll from one flood. Early October brought further flooding and landslides in Hidalgo after prolonged heavy rain, but the national figures are not attributed to Hidalgo alone. GDACS classifies the overall record as Green, meaning it is expected to have low humanitarian impact. Its earlier snapshot, dated 28 September, listed 8 deaths and 125 displaced; those figures remain in the evidence history and are not added to the current total. This flood record is separate from Hurricane Polo and from local flooding linked to Polo in Michoacán. No figures from those records are combined with this national aggregate.
Linked charities and agencies
WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 2 attributed sources, cleaned feed formatting and checked the crisis, place and reporting date. 8 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
- Displaced persons
- 1,353 retained at 2026-10-08
- Deaths
- 16 retained at 2026-10-08
- GDACS classification
- Green · low humanitarian impact retained at 2026-10-08
- Reported deaths
- 16 · national multi-episode summary retained at 2026-10-08
- Displaced
- 1,353 · national multi-episode summary retained at 2026-10-08
- Event period
- 17 August–4 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-08
- Latest episode note
- GDACS notes early-October flooding and landslides in Hidalgo after prolonged heavy rain; the national aggregate is not assigned to Hidalgo alone retained at 2026-10-08
- Scope note
- National multi-episode aggregate; keep separate from Hurricane Polo and Polo-linked Michoacán flood observations retained at 2026-10-08
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- GDACS Green national multi-episode flood summary: 8 deaths and 125 displaced, 17 August–28 September; latest episode note includes Sinaloa flooding. preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- GDACS Green national multi-episode flood summary: 16 deaths and 1,353 displaced, 17 August–4 October; current event notes early-October flooding and landslides in Hidalgo. preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
Earlier figures are never replaced by later values; additional observations are retained as new ledger entries.
Provenance
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Verified
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