Flood Sample

Flood hazards cover flood events reported in open sources. They complement the model-driven flood hazards on /active-hazards-query, capturing local flooding that is reported in the press but not always reflected in global flood models. The sample below is severe waterlogging across Delhi-NCR, India, corroborated across 50 articles.

These hazards are returned by the /osint-hazards-query endpoint, which requires a specific role on your credentials.

Flood is the only OSINT type with no sub-type system. hazard_sub_type is always an empty string ("") on a flood hazard, so filtering floods with the sub_type parameter returns nothing. Every other type is guaranteed to carry a non-empty sub-type.

Type-Specific Properties

Incident properties specific to floods:

• rainfall_inches — reported rainfall

• flood_depth_ft — reported flood depth

• homes_flooded — homes reported flooded

• roads_closed — roads reported closed

• rescues — rescues reported

Because floods frequently close roads and rail, this type commonly carries the supply-chain fields. In the sample below, a national highway was flooded, so the hazard is returned by supply_chain=true with SupplyChainInfrastructure: HIGHWAY and SupplyChainDisruptionType: CLOSURE.

Quantitative counters (n2h.quantitative):

rainfall_inches, flood_depth_ft, homes_flooded, roads_closed, schools_closed, power_outages, vehicles_stranded, rescues, deaths, injuries.

Sample Response

{
  "name": [
    {
      "locale": "en",
      "value": "Severe Waterlogging and Traffic Disruptions — Delhi-ncr, India"
    }
  ],
  "description": [
    {
      "locale": "en",
      "value": "A Flood incident was reported in Sadar Bazar, India\non 2026-07-07.\n  Preliminary reports indicate 2 total victims comprised of 1 fatalities and 1 wounded.\n\nEvent Summary*:\n• Flood has been reported in Sadar Bazar, India.\n• 1 rescues reported.\n• Flood depth: 1.5 ft.\n• Reports indicate that at least 2 people have been affected.\n• Affected areas include: Sadar Bazar, India.\n\nBased on 50 article(s) from: abplive.com, mon... [truncated for brevity]"
    }
  ],
  "severity": "WARNING",
  "category": "EVENT",
  "type": "FLOOD",
  "hazard_sub_type": "",
  "incident": {
    "uuid": "8f095756-7064-49d6-9110-46afbddae9da",
    "type": "FLOOD",
    "sourceId": 3000,
    "sourceRecordId": "FLOOD-IND-DELHI-NCR-2026-07",
    "properties": {
      "Total_Fatalities": 1,
      "Total_Wounded": 1,
      "Civilian_Fatalities": 1,
      "Civilian_Wounded": 1,
      "Police_Military_Fatalities": 0,
      "Police_Military_Wounded": 0,
      "Terrorist_Insurgent_Fatalities": 0,
      "Terrorist_Insurgent_Wounded": 0,
      "type": "ACTUAL",
      "Incident_Type": "Flood",
      "reportDate": "2026-07-09T06:46:00+00:00",
      "action": "NEW_EVENT",
      "Incident_Duration": 4,
      "Created_Time": "2026-07-09T06:46:00+00:00",
      "casualties": "{\"killed\": {\"total\": 1}, \"injured\": {\"total\": 1}}",
      "scopeOfIncident": "Local",
      "name": "Severe Waterlogging and Traffic Disruptions — Delhi-ncr, India",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "eventDate": "2026-07-07T00:00:00Z",
      "roles": "PUBLIC",
      "locationDescription": "Sadar Bazar, India",
      "Country_Name": "India",
      "Country_Code": "IN",
      "Country_Code_3": "IND",
      "Province_District_Town": "Sadar Bazar",
      "Event_Summary": "An engineer collapsed near an electric pole and fell into an open drain along a flooded road in Noida, possibly due to electrocution.",
      "Source": "abplive.com",
      "sourceName": "abplive.com",
      "event": "Flood",
      "featureType": "INCIDENT",
      "bufferSize": 5000,
      "rawMessage": "[news article text truncated for brevity]",
      "Scope_of_Incident": "Local",
      "Incident_Severity": "H",
      "SupplyChainImpact": true,
      "SupplyChainInfrastructure": "HIGHWAY",
      "SupplyChainDisruptionType": "CLOSURE",
      "flood_depth_ft": 1.5,
      "rainfall_inches": 100,
      "rescues": 1,
      "homes_flooded": 68,
      "roads_closed": 10,
      "..."
    }
  },
  "uuid": "8f095756-7064-49d6-9110-46afbddae9da",
  "comment": null,
  "createdAt": 1783663050,
  "startedAt": 1783382400,
  "updatedAt": 1783878757,
  "endedAt": 1783728000,
  "latitude": 28.658087,
  "longitude": 77.2170087,
  "version": 2,
  "creator": "News2Hazards (Automated)",
  "relatedHazards": [],
  "locationDetails": {
    "version": 2,
    "country": "India",
    "country_code": "IN",
    "country_code_3": "IND",
    "continent": "Asia",
    "subregion": "Southern Asia",
    "state_province": "Delhi",
    "state_code": "IN-DL",
    "location_type": "land"
  },
  "n2h": {
    "hazard_id": "FLOOD-IND-DELHI-NCR-2026-07",
    "hazard_sub_type": "",
    "summary": "An engineer collapsed near an electric pole and fell into an open drain along a flooded road in Noida, possibly due to electrocution.",
    "is_ongoing": true,
    "start_date_iso": "2026-07-07",
    "end_date_iso": null,
    "location_level": "point",
    "location_specific": "Sadar Bazar",
    "country": "India",
    "article_count": 50,
    "quantitative": {
      "rainfall_inches": 100,
      "roads_closed": 10,
      "schools_closed": 1,
      "vehicles_stranded": 1,
      "homes_flooded": 68,
      "deaths": 1,
      "flood_depth_ft": 1.5,
      "power_outages": 26,
      "injuries": 1,
      "rescues": 1
    },
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "abplive.com",
        "title": "Delhi On Red Alert For Extremely Heavy Rain In Next Few Hours; Waterlogging Disrupts Traffic Across NCR",
        "url": "https://news.abplive.com/cities/delhi-ncr-rain-red-alert-as-imd-warns-of-extremely-heavy-rain-waterlogging-disrupts-traffic-across-ncr-1855401",
        "type": "kafka_webz",
        "published_at": "2026-07-09T06:46:00+00:00",
        "body": "[article body truncated for brevity]"
      },
      {
        "name": "moneycontrol.com",
        "title": "Delhi on red alert: Heavy rain floods roads, triggers massive traffic chaos across NCR | Videos",
        "url": "https://www.moneycontrol.com/city/delhi-on-red-alert-heavy-rain-floods-noida-gurugram-ghaziabad-rain-imd-delhi-article-13969715.html",
        "type": "kafka_webz",
        "published_at": null,
        "body": "[article body truncated for brevity]"
      },
      "..."
    ],
    "extra": {
      "..."
    }
  },
  "alertGeometry": {
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "features": [
      {
        "type": "Feature",
        "geometry": {
          "type": "Polygon",
          "coordinates": [...]
        },
        "properties": null
      }
    ]
  },
  "features": {
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "features": [
      {
        "type": "Feature",
        "properties": {
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "featureType": "INCIDENT",
          "name": "Severe Waterlogging and Traffic Disruptions — Delhi-ncr, India",
          "casualties": {
            "killed": {
              "total": 1
            },
            "injured": {
              "total": 1
            }
          },
          "scopeOfIncident": "Local",
          "locationDescription": "Sadar Bazar, India"
        },
        "geometry": {
          "coordinates": [
            77.2170087,
            28.658087
          ],
          "type": "Point"
        }
      },
      {
        "type": "Feature",
        "properties": {
          "severity": "WARNING",
          "featureType": "SMART_ALERT"
        },
        "geometry": {
          "type": "Polygon",
          "coordinates": [...]
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "exposureAreas": null,
  "exposureAssessment": null,
  "source": {
    "id": 3000,
    "name": "News2Hazards",
    "longName": "News2Hazards Automated Pipeline",
    "description": "Automated hazard detection from news article analysis"
  }
}

Note: Coordinate arrays have been replaced with [...] for brevity. In actual API responses, these properties contain complete GeoJSON coordinate arrays. The n2h.sources array and the incident.properties and features objects have been truncated with "..." to show only key fields, and article text has been elided. The n2h.extra object is reserved for internal use.