Overall Orange Drought alert for Madagascar-2023 in Madagascar from 21 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC to 15 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Madagascar-2023

in Madagascar

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Madagascar-2023
Countries:	Madagascar
Start Date:	End of Oct 2023
Duration:	268 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 98420 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 62191 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 20870 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 32059 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 32059 km2	GDO
5	0.75	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 35974 km2	GDO
6	0.75	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 35974 km2	GDO
7	0.75	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 47447 km2	GDO
8	0.75	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 13472 km2	GDO
9	0.75	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 20531 km2	GDO
10	0.75	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 20531 km2	GDO
11	0.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 20531 km2	GDO
12	0.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 20531 km2	GDO
13	0.5	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 49539 km2	GDO
14	0.5	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 29008 km2	GDO
15	0.75	10 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 64265 km2	GDO
16	0.75	20 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 64265 km2	GDO
17	1	30 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 75828 km2	GDO
18	1	15 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 98420 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Madagascar

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Alaotra Mangoro	Madagascar
- Medium	Amoron I Mania	Madagascar
- Low	Analamanga	Madagascar
- Low	Atsinanana	Madagascar
- Low	Betsiboka	Madagascar
- Medium	Boeny	Madagascar
- Medium	Bongolava	Madagascar
- Medium	Itasy	Madagascar
- Medium	Melaky	Madagascar
- Medium	Menabe	Madagascar
- Medium	Vakinankaratra	Madagascar

More information

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