Overall Green alert Drought for Madagascar-2023
in Madagascar

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016833
Name: Madagascar-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000270-MDG
Countries: Madagascar
Start Date: End of Oct 2023
Duration: 315 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 126860 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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02/Aug/2024 07:10 UTC

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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),