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: 206 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 29008 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Articles: 77 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

East Africa warned of impending food shortage after floods devastate c ... 2024-05-16T08:04+0200.

The heavy rainfall and floods that have been battering East Africa since March have submerged thousands of acres of croplands and killed thousands of livestock, leaving the region vulnerable to an imminent food shortage, according to expert
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Clima: Unicef, “quasi 1 milione di persone in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania ... 2024-05-10T16:01+0200.

“Le inondazioni e le frane in Africa orientale stanno colpendo quasi un milione di persone in Burundi, Kenya, Somalia e Tanzania. Le piogge intense che hanno colpito la regione hanno causato la perdita di centinaia di vite umane, evidenzian
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Unicef: quasi 1 milione di persone in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania e Somal ... 2024-05-10T15:40+0200.

GINEVRA\ aise\ - Le inondazioni e le frane in Africa orientale stanno colpendo quasi un milione di persone in Burundi, Kenya, Somalia e Tanzania . Le piogge insolitamente intense che hanno colpito la regione, esacerbate dal fenomeno climati
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Unicef: in Africa Orienta quasi 1 milione di persone colpite da piogge ... 2024-05-10T12:03+0200.

ROMA - Le inondazioni e le frane in Africa orientale stanno colpendo quasi un milione di persone in Burundi, Kenya, Somalia e Tanzania. Le piogge insolitamente intense che hanno colpito la regione, esacerbate dal fenomeno climatico El Niño
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Analytical report

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),