Overall Orange Drought for Madagascar-2026 in Madagascar from 21 Nov 2025 00:00 UTC to 20 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for Madagascar-2026

in Madagascar

Event summary

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

Name:	Madagascar-2026
Countries:	Madagascar
Start Date:	End of Nov 2025
Duration:	141 days (at 20 Apr 2026)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 425792 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	0.75	10 Apr 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 269140 km2	GDO
2	1	20 Apr 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 281056 km2	GDO
3	1.25	30 Apr 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 223673 km2	GDO
4	1.25	10 May 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 311371 km2	GDO
5	1.25	20 May 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 398352 km2	GDO
6	1.25	30 May 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 358269 km2	GDO
7	1.25	10 Jul 2026 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 425792 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Madagascar

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Alaotra Mangoro	Madagascar
- Medium	Amoron I Mania	Madagascar
- Medium	Analamanga	Madagascar
- Medium	Androy	Madagascar
- Medium	Anosy	Madagascar
- Medium	Atsimo Andrefana	Madagascar
- Medium	Atsimo Atsinanana	Madagascar
- Medium	Atsinanana	Madagascar
- Medium	Betsiboka	Madagascar
- Low	Boeny	Madagascar
- Low	Bongolava	Madagascar
- Medium	Haute Matsiatra	Madagascar
- Medium	Ihorombe	Madagascar
- Low	Itasy	Madagascar
- Low	Melaky	Madagascar
- Medium	Menabe	Madagascar
- Medium	Vakinankaratra	Madagascar
- Medium	Vatovavy Fitovinany	Madagascar

More information

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