Flood Check
Lagos flood, 28 Jun to 1 Jul 2026
Kosofe: how deep did the water get?
In the Flood Check model of the Lagos flood of 28 June to 1 July 2026, the wettest tenth of Kosofe had 84 cm of water or more (thigh deep), with the most water at Wed 1 Jul, 19:00. Most of the area had 10 cm or more.
The model has no blocked drains and no water from outside its 60 m squares, so a street can flood where the model shows little. Check the exact street.
The numbers
- Wettest tenth of the area
- 84 cm, thigh deep
- Most of the area
- 10 cm or more at its peak
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 49%, at Wed 1 Jul, 19:00
- Hours with 10 cm or more
- 63 hours, in the wettest tenth
- Compared with Lagos
- wetter than 99% of the 122 Lagos areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Kosofe with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Lizzy Ogbe Streetup to 108 cm, waist deep
- Olori Adekemi Ajibola Streetup to 94 cm, waist deep
- Grace Ntuko Streetup to 86 cm, thigh deep
- Olu Ogunyemi Roadup to 84 cm, thigh deep
- Wilson Mba Streetup to 82 cm, thigh deep
- Peter Eruteya Streetup to 78 cm, thigh deep
What the press reported
- Ikorodu Road, Maryland: The bridge linking Ojota to Maryland, along Ikorodu Road, was covered by floodwater at 11:00 on 30 June.Vanguard, 1 Jul
- Gbagada: Water made roads in sections of Gbagada "impassable".Vanguard, 1 Jul
Renting or buying here?
Pin the exact address on the 3D map to see its depth for every hour of the flood. Water can sit on one street and miss the next, so check the address, not only the area. Ask neighbours how high the water got, and visit after heavy rain.