Lagos flood, 28 Jun to 1 Jul 2026
Tarkwa: 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 Tarkwa had 12 cm of water or more (ankle deep), with the most water at Tue 30 Jun, 17:00. Most of the area stayed under 10 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
- 12 cm, ankle deep
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 12%, at Tue 30 Jun, 17:00
- Hours with 10 cm or more
- 5 hours, in the wettest tenth
- Compared with Lagos
- wetter than 66% of the 122 Lagos areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Tarkwa with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
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 Tarkwa
- Calabash Island0 cm
- Eko Atlantic0 cm
- Victoria Island2 cm
- Obalende2 cm
- Lagos Island0 cm
- Apapa4 cm