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India Disaster displacement worsening 13 October 2026

India: 73,594 disaster-driven internal displacements between 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-30 (IDMC IDU)

Disaster-driven internal displacements per month (people)

According to IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates, between 1 September and 30 September 2026 India recorded 73,594 disaster-driven internal displacements across 14 events. The alert was triggered because this monthly total exceeded the fixed threshold of 50,000 displacements, while it remained below the 90th percentile of the country's own monthly record over 17 months, which stands at 103,560. The largest figures in the period relate to the monsoon flood event in Assam that began on 25 May 2026, for which the National Disaster Management Authority reported 38,347 displacements on 8 September and 33,341 on 12 September.

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How this fired

RuleDisplacement in a month against the country's own record
Period2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30
Displacement in the month73,594
Events in the month14
Months of history compared17
90th percentile of that history103,560
Judged againstan absolute floor of 50,000; the 90th percentile of the country's own record, 103,560. Fired on: abs_floor.
Detected13 October 2026, run 19

Evidence

IDMC Internal Displacement Updates, deduplicated to one figure per event Country page All alerts for India JSON
key displacement_window:IND:disaster:2026-09