Nigeria — Flood Situation Report — Zamfara State (16 September 2024)

Between 4 and 8 September 2024, the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Zamfara State Emergency Management Agency (ZSEMA), and the Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) identified 51 locations in Zamfara State that were impacted by floods or received internally displaced persons (IDPs) due to the flooding.

In the eleven (11) local government areas (LGAs) of Zamfara State that were assessed, DTM identified 70,819 individuals in 13,965 households affected by the floods. These individuals included IDPs displaced by the floods and residents impacted by the floods but remained in their communities. The affected population included 17,623 displaced individuals and 1,238 returnees. forty-nine per cent (49%) of the affected houses are habitable but need repair, twenty-eight per cent of the houses are partially damaged and sixteen per cent are completely destroyed. In 31 per cent (31%) of the locations assessed, crop farming was among the primary sources of income.