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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Northland hit harder than most by climate change, report finds 12/8/2025 5:39:00 PM.

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El océano como última defensa climática: por qué el futuro del planeta.. 11/20/2025 5:03:00 AM.

El objetivo fue simple pero profundo: que los países incorporen soluciones marinas en sus Contribuciones Determinadas a Nivel Nacional y que las estrategias de mitigación y adaptación ya no se limiten a bosques o energía, sino que incluyan
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Jean-François Vallet, di SIIM, parla della campagna del litchi: "La ca.. 11/19/2025 11:44:00 PM.

"La campagna di quest''anno si sta sviluppando molto bene in termini di volumi e qualità" Frutto emblematico delle festività di fine anno, il litchi del Madagascar sarà presto disponibile sugli scaffali europei. La Société Internationale d'
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WFP Madagascar Country Brief, September 2025 11/13/2025 5:19:00 PM.

Emergency Response. • Lean season response preparations: In preparation of the emergency lean season response to be launched in October, WFP concluded the targeting exercise and contracting of Cooperating Partners. • Anticipatory actions: I
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Analytical products

Analytical report

02/May/2025 14:38 UTC

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Analytical report

07/Oct/2024 13:58 UTC

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Analytical report

02/Aug/2024 07:10 UTC

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Analytical report

19/Apr/2024 09:40 UTC

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Data, images, links, services and documents

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