Lagos flood, 28 Jun to 1 Jul 2026
Obalende: how deep did the water get?
In the Flood Check model of the Lagos flood of 28 June to 1 July 2026, little water settled in Obalende: the wettest tenth had 2 cm or less. The wettest road, Ring Road, had up to 48 cm.
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
- 2 cm, wet ground
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 5%, at Tue 30 Jun, 14:00
- Compared with Lagos
- wetter than 38% of the 122 Lagos areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Obalende with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Ring Roadup to 48 cm, knee deep
- Simpson Streetup to 40 cm, knee deep
- Forsythe Streetup to 20 cm, shin deep
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.
Areas near Obalende
- Dolphin Estate4 cm
- Ilubirin12 cm
- Lagos Island0 cm
- Ikoyi Island2 cm
- Ikoyi2 cm
- Victoria Island2 cm