Niger floods affect 34,372 people; 44 deaths reported
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 happenedOCHA’s Niger flood update, published through ReliefWeb, reports that as of 1 September 2026 floods had affected 34,372 people in 5,470 households, with 44 deaths and 95 injuries.
- How many affectedAffected persons: 34,372 · Deaths: 44 · GLIDE identifier: FL-2026-000181-NER
- What help is neededThe report recorded 4,412 houses collapsed, 43 classrooms damaged, and losses to livestock and food stocks.
What changed
Updated verified snapshot
This record was first dated 2026-09-01 and last verified 2026-09-08.
Situation
OCHA’s Niger flood update, published through ReliefWeb, reports that as of 1 September 2026 floods had affected 34,372 people in 5,470 households, with 44 deaths and 95 injuries. Maradi, Zinder and Dosso were among the hardest-hit areas. The report recorded 4,412 houses collapsed, 43 classrooms damaged, and losses to livestock and food stocks. The source lists household assistance, emergency shelter, protection for displaced people and restoration of essential services as priorities. The National Meteorological Directorate forecast relatively stable conditions, with a low likelihood of extreme weather and limited additional flood risk. The record’s figures describe the dated 1 September snapshot; the source does not provide a number of displaced people.
WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 1 attributed source, cleaned feed formatting and checked the event, place and reporting date. 11 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
- Affected persons
- 34,372 retained at 2026-09-08
- Deaths
- 44 retained at 2026-09-08
- GLIDE identifier
- FL-2026-000181-NER retained at 2026-09-08
- People affected
- 34,372 in 5,470 households · as of 1 September 2026 retained at 2026-09-08
- Injuries
- 95 · as of 1 September 2026 retained at 2026-09-08
- Houses collapsed
- 4,412 retained at 2026-09-08
- Classrooms damaged
- 43 retained at 2026-09-08
- Most affected areas
- Maradi, Zinder and Dosso retained at 2026-09-08
- Response priorities
- Household assistance, emergency shelter, protection of displaced people, and restoration of essential services retained at 2026-09-08
- Weather outlook
- Relatively stable; low likelihood of extreme weather and limited additional flood risk retained at 2026-09-08
- Same-time comparison
- 2025: 92,133 people affected and 50 deaths retained at 2026-09-08
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- OCHA SNAPSHOT · 34,372 PEOPLE AFFECTED IN 5,470 HOUSEHOLDS · 44 DEAD · 95 INJURED · AS OF 1 SEPTEMBER 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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