Overall Orange Drought alert for Madagascar-2018 in Madagascar from 21 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC to 13 Sep 2018 13:57 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Madagascar-2018

in Madagascar

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Madagascar-2018
Countries:	Madagascar
Start Date:	End of Mar 2018
Duration:	177 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 68692 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	1.5	29 Aug 2018 15:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 34861 km2	GDO
2	1.5	06 Sep 2018 09:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 34861 km2	GDO
3	1.5	13 Sep 2018 13:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 68692 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Madagascar

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Alaotra Mangoro	Madagascar
- High	Amoron I Mania	Madagascar
- High	Analamanga	Madagascar
- Medium	Atsimo Andrefana	Madagascar
- High	Atsinanana	Madagascar
- High	Bongolava	Madagascar
- Medium	Haute Matsiatra	Madagascar
- High	Itasy	Madagascar
- Medium	Melaky	Madagascar
- Medium	Menabe	Madagascar
- High	Vakinankaratra	Madagascar

More information

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