Overall Green alert Drought for Madagascar-2023
in Madagascar

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 6 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016833
Name: Madagascar-2023
Countries: Madagascar
Start Date: End of Oct 2023
Duration: 220 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 64265 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Severe Flash Droughts Intensify Globally Due to Warming Climate2024-05-22T18:39+0200.

The latest report warns of the potential impacts of an increasingly warming climate, which could intensify flash droughts globally and harm communities and food security. Read here. Researchers raised concerns about the effects of a warming
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19/Apr/2024 09:40 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),