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Original Data - The Global Flood Impacts Database (GFID)

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: October 08, 2026 at 05:01 AM | Dataset Last Updated: October 05, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Original data files were gathered from their respective databases, included here. This folder includes original files for the DFO (DFO_FloodData.csv), EM-DAT (EMDAT_FloodData.xlsx), and HANZE (HANZE_Events_v3.csv) databases. Country flood reports exported as Mircosoft Excel files from DesInventar and an aggregated file (DesInventar_FloodData.csv) with all country reports included. The process for exporting the original data files from DesInventar is shown here as well (DesInventar_DataRetrieval.png). Data fields for original files are unaltered from their original sources. The DFO data file includes fields for ID, GlideNumber, Country, OtherCountry, long, lat, Area, Began, Ended, Validation, Dead, Displaced, MainCause, Severity. The EM-DAT data file includes fields for DisNo., Historic, Classification Key, Disaster Group, Disaster Subgroup, Disaster Type, Disaster Subtype, External IDs, Event Name, ISO, Country, Subregion, Region, Location, Origin, Associated, OFDA/BHA Response, Appeal, Declaration, AID Contribution (‘000 US$), Magnitude, Magnitude Scale, Latitude, Longitude, River Basin, Start Year, Start Month, Start Day, End Year, End Month, End Day, Total Deaths, No. Injured, No. Affected, No. Homeless, Total Affected, Reconstruction Costs (‘000 US$), Reconstruction Costs, Adjusted (‘000 US$), Insured Damage ('000 US$), Insured Damage, Adjusted ('000 US$), Total Damage (‘000 US$), Total Damage, Adjusted ('000 US$), CPI, Admin Units, Entry Date, and Last Update. HANZE data fields include ID, Country code, Year, Country name, Start date, End date, Type, Flood source, Regions affected (v2010), Regions affected (v2021), Regions affected (v2024), Area flooded, Fatalities, Persons affected, Losses (nominal value), Losses (original currency), Losses (2024 euro), Cause, Notes, References, and Changes. DesInventar data fields for all countries include country-specific ADM1, ADM1 code, ADM2, and ADM2 code fields, Date (YMD), DataCards, Deaths, Injured, Missing, Houses Destroyed, Houses Damaged, Directly affected, Indirectly affected, Relocated, Evacuated, Losses $USD, Losses $Local, Duration (d), With Deaths, With Injured, With Missing, With Houses Destoryed, With Houses Affected, With Victims, With Affected, With Relocated, With Evacuated, fichas.latitude, and fichas.longitude. For the aggregated DesInventar data, the fields are the same, but with added ID and Country fields, generalized ADM1 and ADM2 fields, and renamed Date, LAT, and LON fields.

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