Overall Green alert Drought for Madagascar-2023
in Madagascar

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 25 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016833
Name: Madagascar-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000270-MDG
Countries: Madagascar
Start Date: End of Oct 2023
Duration: 752 days (at 20 Nov 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 143241 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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02/May/2025 14:38 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),