Overall Orange Drought for Madagascar-2026
in Madagascar

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 5 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: 151 days (at 20 May 2026)
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 223673 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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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),