United States flood aggregate records 29 deaths and 2,291 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 happenedGDACS records a Green national, multi-episode flood aggregate for the United States from 19 May to 2 October 2026 of 29 deaths and 2,291 people displaced.
- How many affectedDisplaced persons: 2,291 · Deaths: 29 · Reported deaths: 29 · GDACS national aggregate, 2 October 2026
- 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 2026-05-19 and last verified 2026-10-02.
Situation
GDACS records a Green national, multi-episode flood aggregate for the United States from 19 May to 2 October 2026 of 29 deaths and 2,291 people displaced. Its latest analytical note adds heavy flooding in parts of Texas from late September into early October. This aggregate spans many episodes and is not added to, or used to replace, separate WorldsAid records for Newcomb, the New York–New Jersey nor’easter or other local incidents. Figures remain provisional and the GDACS page does not allocate the national totals to individual states or incidents.
WorldsAid verification
A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 1 attributed source, 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
- Displaced persons
- 2,291 retained at 2026-10-02
- Deaths
- 29 retained at 2026-10-02
- Reported deaths
- 29 · GDACS national aggregate, 2 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-02
- Displaced people
- 2,291 · GDACS national aggregate, 2 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-02
- Event period
- 19 May–2 October 2026 retained at 2026-10-02
- Latest episode note
- Heavy rain and flooding in parts of Texas from late September into early October retained at 2026-10-02
- Scope safeguard
- National multi-episode figures are not allocated to states and are not merged with separate local WorldsAid records retained at 2026-10-02
What we knew when
- WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
- GDACS GREEN · UNITED STATES NATIONAL MULTI-EPISODE AGGREGATE · 29 DEATHS · 2,291 DISPLACED 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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