Volta Region floods displace 3,346 people in Ghana
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 happenedHeavy rainfall caused the River Dayi to overflow in Ghana's Volta Region in late September, flooding homes, displacing residents and disrupting transport.
- How many affectedAffected persons: 3,346 · Displaced persons: 3,346 · Event window: 23–30 September 2026
- What help is neededNo broader affected-population, household, housing-damage or assistance total was reported in the source, and WorldsAid does not infer one from the number displaced or from the geographic extent of flooding.
What changed
Updated verified snapshot
This record was first dated 2026-09-23 and last verified 2026-09-30.
Situation
Heavy rainfall caused the River Dayi to overflow in Ghana's Volta Region in late September, flooding homes, displacing residents and disrupting transport. GDACS event FL 1104196 reports 3,346 people displaced across the 23–30 September event window and lists no deaths.
The displaced figure is retained as a GDACS event-wide observation. No broader affected-population, household, housing-damage or assistance total was reported in the source, and WorldsAid does not infer one from the number displaced or from the geographic extent of flooding.
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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
- Affected persons
- 3,346 retained at 2026-09-30
- Displaced persons
- 3,346 retained at 2026-09-30
- Event window
- 23–30 September 2026 retained at 2026-09-30
- Location
- Volta Region, Ghana · River Dayi overflow retained at 2026-09-30
- Deaths
- 0 listed by GDACS retained at 2026-09-30
- Scope safeguard
- No broader affected-population, household, housing-damage or assistance total reported or inferred retained at 2026-09-30
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- VOLTA REGION FLOOD · 3,346 DISPLACED · GDACS EVENT FL 1104196 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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