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Floods

Global major flood events with flood extent, severity, duration, deaths, displacement, and flood impact comparisons from Dartmouth Flood Observatory and related extent layers.

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Floods

Global major flood events with flood extent, severity, duration, deaths, displacement, and flood impact comparisons from Dartmouth Flood Observatory and related extent layers.

Maintainer
DaedalMap
Status
Published
Access
Map runtime
Date range
1985 - 2024
Coverage
183/200 common
Geographic levels
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Geographic scope
global
Category
hazard
Data type
events
Data sets
2

Source agencies

Data sets

Data setSourceLicenseTimeLevels
Flood Aggregates by Admin2 Region
flood_aggregates
Dartmouth Flood ObservatoryPublic Domain1985 - 20242
Annual and rolling-window flood aggregate statistics by admin2 region, derived from the published floods event source for cross-region comparison, ranking, and joins with other county-scale risk layers. The aggregate framework is ready, but the current published archive still covers a shorter historical window than the other core disaster packs.
Dartmouth Flood Observatory (Global Flood Records) + Global Flood Database
floods
Dartmouth Flood ObservatoryCC0 1.0 (public domain); satellite extent layer (GFD) open for research1985 - 20244
Global large flood events 1985-2024 from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory Global Flood Records (v0.9.0, CC0) with flood extent polygons, duration, fatalities, displaced, severity, main cause, and a flood impact index, plus MODIS satellite-mapped flood extents from the Global Flood Database (2000-2018).