Abstract: Yola South LGA is one of the probable flood prone areas in Adamawa state which seriously cause damages to the inhabitants seasonally. Therefore, this study saddled to assess the substantive causes, effects and mitigation strategies of flood scenario in Yola South LGA, Adamawa state. The study adopted quantitative survey techniques where 385 inhabitants were selected as the respondents from eight different flood prone areas. Well-structured and defined questionnaires were randomly administered to the sample respondents and data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics.