moderate severityclimateUnconfirmed · 24

EnvironmentalWest AfricaLiberia · LiberiaRelevance: CountryAutomated ingestion — not analyst reviewed

Liberia: Windstorms - Mar 2026

Liberia · LiberiaEvent: 24 Mar 2026, 00:00 UTCLast updated: 09 Aug 2026, 07:24 UTC

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Reported detail

Affected Liberia Glide: VW-2026-000054-LBR Between 19 and 24 March 2026, violent windstorms struck multiple communities in Nimba and Lofa Counties, Liberia, causing widespread damage to fragile housing and displacing numerous families. The storms affected 11 communities, six in Nimba County and five in Lofa County, leaving households exposed to harsh weather and without essential belongings. A total of 3,704 people (approximately 529 households) were directly affected, including 1,685 men and 2,01

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Verification confidence

Unconfirmed

24/100

Multi-source verification score

1 source · 1 layer

Single-thread or unattributed reporting. Treat as an early warning only, pending corroboration.

Six-layer coverage

L1 Conflict & armed groups
No matched signal (ACLED, UCDP, GDELT)
L2 Early warning & emergencies
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L3 GEOINT & situational awareness
No matched signal (Copernicus, NASA FIRMS, USGS)
L4 Cybersecurity
No matched signal (AlienVault OTX, AbuseIPDB, URLhaus)
L5 Strategic & political risk
No matched signal (GDELT, OpenSanctions, ISS)
L6 Verification
No matched signal (Analyst desk checks, OSINT verification)

How this score was reached

Independent reporting sources+8 / 30
Single-source reporting (ReliefWeb Disasters). No independent publisher has been matched to this event yet.
Cross-layer corroboration+6 / 25
Only one collection layer covers this event (L2 Early warning & emergencies). Corroboration from a second layer would raise confidence.
Structured / instrument evidence0 / 15
No conflict-event dataset (L1) or geospatial/GEOINT record (L3) has been matched — reporting is narrative only.
Traceable citation+10 / 10
A direct link to the primary reporting is published with the record.
Location resolved0 / 8
The event is not resolved to coordinates; only a place name is held.
Analyst verification (L6)0 / 12
Awaiting analyst desk verification; the record stands as collected.

Score is computed from collection metadata (independent publishers, collection layers, citation, geolocation, analyst review). It measures how well the event is corroborated, not how severe it is.

Credibility

Confidence: Not graded
Source reliability: Not graded

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Source provenance

Source: ReliefWeb Disasters
Source type: Not provided by source
Published: Not provided by source
Event date: 24 Mar 2026 00:00 UTC
Data as of: 24 Mar 2026 00:00 UTC
Last verified: Not provided by source
Drafting: Analyst desk

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Primary reporting

CitationReliefWeb Disasters· Published Mar 24, 2026, 12:00 AM· Fetched Jul 28, 2026, 09:20 PM

reliefweb.int/disaster/vw-2026-000054-lbr

Affected Liberia Glide: VW-2026-000054-LBR Between 19 and 24 March 2026, violent windstorms struck multiple communities in Nimba and Lofa Counties, Liberia, causing widespread damage to fragile housing and displacing numerous families. The storms affected 11 c…
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