PRISM Alerts · Venezuela · Alert 29
Venezuela Disaster displacement worsening 13 October 2026

Venezuela: 23,452 disaster-driven internal displacements between 2026-07-01 and 2026-07-31 (IDMC IDU)

Disaster-driven internal displacements per month (people)

According to IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates, between 1 and 31 July 2026 Venezuela recorded 23,452 disaster-driven internal displacements across 2 events. The alert was triggered because this figure exceeds 2,809, the 90th percentile of Venezuela's own monthly record over the previous 6 months. Most of the displacement is linked to the earthquake of 24 June 2026 affecting La Guaira, Miranda and Caracas, with figures from National Authorities dated 22 July, the largest single record being 12,123. The remaining 117 displacements relate to a flood in Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas, on 12 July, as reported by local media.

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How this fired

RuleDisplacement in a month against the country's own record
Period2026-07-01 to 2026-07-31
Displacement in the month23,452
Events in the month2
Months of history compared6
90th percentile of that history2,809
Judged againstan absolute floor of 50,000; the 90th percentile of the country's own record, 2,809. Fired on: history_percentile.
Detected13 October 2026, run 19

Evidence

IDMC Internal Displacement Updates, deduplicated to one figure per event Country page All alerts for Venezuela JSON
key displacement_window:VEN:disaster:2026-07