Nigeria
From DFO – Flood Observatory
Nigeria
- Region: Africa (2)
- Sub-region: Sub-Saharan Africa (202)
- Intermediate region: Western Africa (11)
- M49: 566
- ISO-2: NG
- ISO-3: NGA
Recorded floods for Nigeria
Total number of flood events: 74
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| ﹟ | Glide ﹟ | Start Date | End Date | Country | Additional Countries | Area (km²) | Source | Main Cause | Fatalities | Displaced | Severity | Flood impact index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ﹟ | Glide ﹟ | Start Date | End Date | Country | Additional Countries | Area (km²) | Source | Main Cause | Fatalities | Displaced | Severity | Flood impact index |
| 5309 | 2022-09-30 | 2022-10-11 | Nigeria | 42,700 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 200 | 690,254 | 2.0 | 6.0 | ||
| 5300 | 2022-09-28 | 2022-10-04 | Nigeria | 27,000 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 300 | 100,000 | 2.0 | 5.6 | ||
| 5273 | 2022-08-18 | 2022-08-22 | Nigeria | 4,550 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 10 | 3,000 | 1.0 | 4.4 | ||
| 5256 | 2022-08-01 | 2022-08-14 | Nigeria | 19,570 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 50 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 5249 | 2022-07-17 | 2022-07-17 | Nigeria | 58,000 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 4 | 400 | 1.0 | 4.8 | ||
| 5107 | 2021-08-10 | 2021-08-17 | Nigeria | 114,959 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 21 | 1,600 | 1.0 | 6.0 | ||
| 4967 | 2020-09-15 | 2020-10-25 | Nigeria | 118,736 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 155 | 25,000 | 1.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 4960 | 2020-08-05 | 2020-08-27 | Nigeria | 330,402 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 3 | 15,000 | 1.5 | 7.1 | ||
| 4820 | 2019-10-15 | 2019-11-19 | Nigeria | 229,359 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 18 | 42,000 | 2.0 | 7.2 | ||
| 4805 | 2019-09-25 | 2019-10-15 | Nigeria | 88,015 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 2 | 20,000 | 1.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 4794 | 2019-09-01 | 2019-09-14 | Nigeria | Niger | 1,048,397 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 57 | 50,000 | 1.5 | 7.3 | |
| 4782 | 2019-08-01 | 2019-08-09 | Nigeria | 106,019 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 7 | 6,000 | 1.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 4667 | 2018-08-20 | 2018-10-02 | Nigeria | 257,477 | FloodList | Heavy rain | 108 | 148,000 | 2.0 | 7.4 | ||
| 4649 | 2018-07-13 | 2018-07-17 | Nigeria | 62,900 | FloodList | Torrential rain | 48 | 0 | 2.0 | 5.8 | ||
| 4517 | FL-2017-000126-NGA | 2017-09-01 | 2017-09-19 | Nigeria | 86,947 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 10,000 | 1.0 | 6.2 | |
| 4492 | 2017-07-08 | 2017-07-15 | Nigeria | 24,145 | News | Torrential rain | 8 | 0 | 1.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 4294 | 2015-08-30 | 2015-09-11 | Nigeria | 186,816 | News | Heavy rain | 30 | 2,000 | 1.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 4088 | 2013-09-10 | 2013-09-16 | Nigeria | 178,192 | News | Torrential rain | 0 | 300 | 1.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 3988 | 2012-09-15 | 2012-10-29 | Nigeria | 12,538 | News | Heavy rain | 148 | 64,000 | 2.0 | 6.1 | ||
| 3976 | 2012-08-25 | 2012-09-26 | Nigeria | Cameroon | 96,831 | News | Heavy rain | 127 | 20,000 | 1.5 | 6.7 | |
| 3972 | 2012-08-24 | 2012-08-29 | Nigeria | 48,923 | News | Torrential rain | 10 | 20,000 | 1.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 3964 | 2012-08-02 | 2012-08-06 | Nigeria | 16,652 | News | Torrential rain | 0 | 3,000 | 1.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 3954 | 2012-07-22 | 2012-07-25 | Nigeria | 45,292 | News | Heavy rain | 50 | 2,000 | 1.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3901 | 2012-02-20 | 2012-02-27 | Nigeria | Cameroon | 50,438 | News | Heavy rain | 5 | 300 | 1.0 | 5.6 | |
| 3860 | 2011-08-26 | 2011-09-08 | Nigeria | 20,014 | News | Torrential rain | 20 | 3,000 | 1.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 3839 | 2011-07-15 | 2011-07-22 | Nigeria | 103,000 | News | Heavy rain | 13 | 1,000 | 1.5 | 6.1 | ||
| 3715 | 2010-09-13 | 2010-09-30 | Nigeria | 8,695 | News | Heavy rain | 40 | 10,000 | 1.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3555 | 2009-10-20 | 2009-10-26 | Nigeria | 53,018 | 0 | Heavy rain | 0 | 5,000 | 1.0 | 5.6 | ||
| 3540 | 2009-09-10 | 2009-09-18 | Nigeria | 64,201 | 0 | Heavy rain | 0 | 3,000 | 2.0 | 6.1 | ||
| 3151 | FL-2007-000123-NGA | 2007-08-04 | 2007-10-21 | Nigeria | 630,121 | News | Heavy rain | 101 | 140,000 | 1.0 | 7.7 | |
| 3148 | FL-2007-000123-NGA | 2007-08-01 | 2007-08-15 | Nigeria | 5,268 | News | Heavy rain | 6 | 5,000 | 1.0 | 4.9 | |
| 2967 | 2006-09-12 | 2006-09-13 | Nigeria | 870 | News | Torrential rain | 20 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | ||
| 2962 | FL-2006-000139-TCD | 2006-09-05 | 2006-10-17 | Chad | Nigeria | 768,806 | News | Heavy rain | 52 | 20,000 | 1.0 | 7.5 |
| 2928 | 2006-07-18 | 2006-07-20 | Nigeria | 1,851 | News | Heavy rain | 4 | 40 | 1.0 | 3.7 | ||
| 2925 | 2006-07-15 | 2006-07-17 | Nigeria | 724 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 2,000 | 1.0 | 3.3 | ||
| 2739 | 2005-09-26 | 2005-09-29 | Nigeria | 11,553 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 1,500 | 1.0 | 4.7 | ||
| 2721 | 2005-08-07 | 2005-09-16 | Nigeria | 159,497 | News | Heavy rain | 3 | 7 | 1.0 | 6.8 | ||
| 2553 | 2004-08-21 | 2004-08-23 | Nigeria | 20,780 | News | Heavy rain | 25 | 3,000 | 1.0 | 4.8 | ||
| 2546 | 2004-08-08 | 2004-08-12 | Nigeria | 5,488 | News | Heavy rain | 65 | 2,500 | 1.0 | 4.4 | ||
| 2545 | 2004-08-08 | 2004-08-10 | Nigeria | 518 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 15,000 | 1.0 | 3.2 | ||
| 2509 | 2004-06-22 | 2004-06-25 | Nigeria | 8,716 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 300 | 1.0 | 4.5 | ||
| 2503 | 2004-06-17 | 2004-06-18 | Nigeria | 337 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | ||
| 2361 | 2003-09-22 | 2003-10-10 | Nigeria | 137,750 | News | Heavy rain | 28 | 1,000 | 1.0 | 6.4 | ||
| 2345 | 2003-09-05 | 2003-10-28 | Nigeria | 134,916 | News | Heavy rain | 16 | 210,000 | 1.0 | 6.9 | ||
| 2314 | 2003-08-05 | 2003-10-12 | Nigeria | 19,629 | News | Heavy rain | 7 | 10,000 | 1.0 | 6.1 | ||
| 2311 | 2003-08-05 | 2003-10-12 | Nigeria | 138,853 | News | Heavy rain | 7 | 10,000 | 1.0 | 7.0 | ||
| 2294 | 2003-07-27 | 2003-07-27 | Nigeria | 2,627 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 3,000 | 1.0 | 3.4 | ||
| 2290 | 2003-07-23 | 2003-07-25 | Nigeria | 8,172 | News | Heavy rain | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.4 | ||
| 2293 | 2003-07-22 | 2003-07-24 | Nigeria | 1,524 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 160 | 1.0 | 3.7 | ||
| 2247 | 2003-06-07 | 2003-06-08 | Nigeria | 5,710 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 2,000 | 1.0 | 4.1 | ||
| 2250 | 2003-05-28 | 2003-05-29 | Nigeria | 785 | News | Torrential rain | 1 | 800 | 1.0 | 3.2 | ||
| 2003 | 2002-07-24 | 2002-07-26 | Nigeria | 1,657 | News | Heavy rain | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.7 | ||
| 1786 | 2001-08-27 | 2001-09-04 | Nigeria | 14,288 | News | Dam/Levy break or release | 200 | 80,000 | 2.0 | 5.4 | ||
| 1768 | 2001-07-22 | 2001-07-22 | Nigeria | 1,065 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 3,802 | 1.0 | 3.0 | ||
| 1642 | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-21 | Nigeria | Bangladesh | 7,725 | News | Torrential rain | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 | |
| 1563 | 1999-10-26 | 1999-11-08 | Nigeria | 251,263 | News | Heavy rain | 50 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.8 | ||
| 1560 | 1999-09-15 | 1999-10-11 | Nigeria | Ghana | 861,989 | News | Heavy rain | 85 | 396,748 | 2.0 | 7.7 | |
| 1454 | 1998-10-12 | 1998-10-18 | Nigeria | 29,087 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 110,000 | 1.0 | 5.3 | ||
| 1431 | 1998-08-15 | 1998-08-16 | Nigeria | 39,718 | News | Heavy rain | 15 | 5,000 | 1.0 | 4.9 | ||
| 1219 | 1997-04-30 | 1997-05-01 | Nigeria | 17,287 | News | Heavy rain | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.5 | ||
| 980 | 1995-08-07 | 1995-08-10 | Nigeria | 19,768 | News | Heavy rain | 30 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.9 | ||
| 899 | 1994-09-11 | 1994-09-15 | Nigeria | Niger | 317,262 | News | Heavy rain | 142 | 180,000 | 1.0 | 6.2 | |
| 698 | 1992-09-22 | 1992-09-23 | Nigeria | 42,369 | News | Heavy rain | 9 | 13,000 | 1.0 | 4.9 | ||
| 559 | 1991-08-04 | 1991-08-05 | Nigeria | 22,908 | News | Heavy rain | 4 | 10,000 | 1.0 | 4.7 | ||
| 459 | 1990-09-16 | 1990-09-21 | Nigeria | 36,124 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 300,000 | 1.0 | 5.3 | ||
| 443 | 1990-08-02 | 1990-08-03 | Nigeria | 5,516 | News | Heavy rain | 100 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 430 | 1990-07-03 | 1990-07-04 | Nigeria | 3,422 | News | Heavy rain | 5 | 3,000 | 1.0 | 3.8 | ||
| 263 | 1988-10-27 | 1988-10-28 | Nigeria | 2,833 | News | Heavy rain | 10 | 12,000 | 1.0 | 3.8 | ||
| 257 | 1988-09-21 | 1988-10-05 | Nigeria | 8,884 | News | Dam/Levy break or release | 0 | 70,000 | 1.0 | 5.1 | ||
| 249 | 1988-09-14 | 1988-09-26 | Nigeria | 71,964 | News | Torrential rain | 7 | 136,000 | 1.0 | 6.0 | ||
| 230 | 1988-08-22 | 1988-08-22 | Nigeria | 1,234 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 10,000 | 1.0 | 3.1 | ||
| 225 | 1988-08-07 | 1988-08-20 | Nigeria | 60,618 | News | Heavy rain | 53 | 0 | 2.0 | 6.2 | ||
| 195 | 1988-07-02 | 1988-07-03 | Nigeria | 1,930 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 500 | 1.0 | 3.6 | ||
| 55 | 1985-09-23 | 1985-09-25 | Nigeria | 74,616 | News | Heavy rain | 0 | 6,000 | 1.0 | 5.3 |