According to IDMC's Internal Displacement Updates, between 1 August and 31 August 2026 the Philippines recorded 157,176 disaster-driven internal displacements across 7 events. The alert fired because this figure exceeded the rule's fixed floor of 50,000 for a calendar month; it remained below the 90th percentile of 191,128 in the country's own monthly record over 19 months. The largest single figure in the data, 73,822, was recorded on 26 August under the event for Tropical Storm Penha (locally Basyang), based on reporting from DSWD's DROMIC.
| Rule | Displacement in a month against the country's own record |
| Period | 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-31 |
| Displacement in the month | 157,176 |
| Events in the month | 7 |
| Months of history compared | 19 |
| 90th percentile of that history | 191,128 |
| Judged against | an absolute floor of 50,000; the 90th percentile of the country's own record, 191,128. Fired on: abs_floor. |
| Detected | 13 October 2026, run 19 |