Overall Orange Drought for Madagascar-2026
in Madagascar

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1018431
Name: Madagascar-2026
Glide number: DR-2025-000238-MDG
Countries: Madagascar
Start Date: End of Nov 2025
Duration: 181 days (at 30 May 2026)
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 358269 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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UN Warns Acute Hunger Will Worsen In 13 Hotspots 6/19/2026 11:05:00 AM.

The Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) and the World Food Program (WFP) said in a new joint report on June 17 that conditions are expected to deteriorate between June and November 2026, with around 266 million people already facing h
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UN warns acute hunger will worsen in 13 hotspots 6/18/2026 12:03:00 PM.

ROME The United Nations’ food agencies have warned that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, with conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks pushing millions closer to famine. class=''cf''> The
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UN food agencies warn acute hunger will worsen in 13 hot spots as fami.. 6/18/2026 6:23:00 AM.

ROME — The United Nations'' (UN) food agencies warned Wednesday (June 17) that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, with conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks pushing millions closer to fam
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UN food agencies warn acute hunger will worsen in 13 hot spots as fami.. 6/18/2026 5:41:00 AM.

ROME, Italy — The United Nations’ food agencies warned Wednesday that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, with conflict, funding shortages and climate shocks pushing millions closer to famine. The
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),