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Myanmar Disaster displacement worsening 13 October 2026

Myanmar: 68,587 disaster-driven internal displacements between 2026-08-01 and 2026-08-31 (IDMC IDU)

Disaster-driven internal displacements per month (people)

According to IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates, between 1 August and 31 August 2026 there were 68,587 disaster-driven internal displacements in Myanmar across 10 recorded events. This figure exceeds both the rule's absolute threshold of 50,000 and the 90th percentile of the country's own monthly record over the previous 11 months, which stood at 13,017. The highest single figure, 63,300 displacements reported by ADINet on 18 August, relates to a flood in 5 townships of Ayeyarwady Region. Further flood displacements were recorded in Kayin State (2,449), Magway Region (662) and Bago Region (354).

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How this fired

RuleDisplacement in a month against the country's own record
Period2026-08-01 to 2026-08-31
Displacement in the month68,587
Events in the month10
Months of history compared11
90th percentile of that history13,017
Judged againstan absolute floor of 50,000; the 90th percentile of the country's own record, 13,017. Fired on: abs_floor, history_percentile.
Detected13 October 2026, run 19

Evidence

IDMC Internal Displacement Updates, deduplicated to one figure per event Country page All alerts for Myanmar JSON
key displacement_window:MMR:disaster:2026-08