India floods: GDACS reports 131 deaths and 457,351 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.
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In brief
- What happenedThe GDACS Orange flood alert for India now reports 131 deaths and 457,351 displaced people across the event period from 9 August to 28 September 2026.
- How many affectedAffected persons: 457,351 · Displaced persons: 457,351 · Deaths: 131
- 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 2026-09-19 and last verified 2026-10-05T08:33:14Z.
Situation
The GDACS Orange flood alert for India now reports 131 deaths and 457,351 displaced people across the event period from 9 August to 28 September 2026. Compared with the 29 September snapshot, deaths increased by one and displacement increased by 3,500. Earlier dated observations remain in the evidence history. Separate Bihar and Uttar Pradesh state-level reports are preserved in their own scopes and are not added to or reconciled with the GDACS national aggregate. Figures remain provisional and may change as authorities update their reports. The NASA Worldview image provides satellite cloud context over Gujarat on 18 September; it is not a flood-depth map.
WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 6 attributed sources, cleaned feed formatting and checked the event, place and reporting date. 7 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
- 457,351 retained at 2026-10-05T08:33:14Z
- Displaced persons
- 457,351 retained at 2026-10-05T08:33:14Z
- Deaths
- 131 retained at 2026-10-05T08:33:14Z
- Displaced people
- 457,351 · GDACS snapshot verified 5 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-05T08:33:14Z
- Reported deaths
- 131 · GDACS snapshot verified 5 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-05T08:33:14Z
- Event period
- 9 August–28 September 2026 retained at 2026-10-05T08:33:14Z
- Bihar state scope
- 5,049,000 affected · 7,714 staying in six relief camps · 23 September 2026 retained at 2026-10-05T08:33:14Z
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- Earlier GDACS observation retained preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- GDACS Orange alert · deaths and displacement estimates updated preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- GDACS Orange alert · deaths revised upward while displacement remained unchanged preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- GDACS Orange alert · cumulative deaths increased by nine and displaced total increased by five preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- GDACS Orange alert · cumulative deaths increased by 86 and displaced total increased by 193,322 preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- Bihar Disaster Management Department state scope retained separately from the GDACS national series preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- GDACS Orange multi-episode national aggregate updated: deaths rose from 128 to 130 while displacement remained 453,851; event period now through 28 September. No subnational allocation inferred. preserved as a dated, source-linked observation. Source
- GDACS Orange multi-episode national aggregate updated: deaths rose from 130 to 131 and displacement rose from 453,851 to 457,351; event period remains 9 August–28 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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Cached dataset: worldsai_drup771.sql.gz
Verified
SHA-256 54ccb1a0ac17d3664e4f9f8efc8a2ff2ef1430a74a99771f2f5c8c7e04782a17- GDACS · India floods FL-2026-000165-IND · 29 September 2026 snapshot
- GDACS · India floods FL-2026-000165-IND · verified 5 October 2026
- GDACS · India floods FL-2026-000165-IND
- NASA Worldview · Gujarat · 18 September 2026
- NASA · Images and media usage guidelines
- The New Indian Express · Bihar Disaster Management Department flood figures · 23 September 2026