DROUGHT

Drought in Madagascar

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Map: Drought in Madagascar

GDACS has tracked this drought in Madagascar since November 21, 2025, 333 days as of its latest update on October 20. It carries a GREEN alert: limited humanitarian impact expected.

TypeDrought
GDACS alertGreen
CountryMadagascar
SinceNov 21, 2025
Tracked for333 days
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Detected by GDO.

What makes a drought

A drought is a long stretch of below-normal rain that leaves soils, rivers and reservoirs short of water. Unlike most disasters it creeps in over months, and its toll on crops, livestock and drinking water grows the longer it lasts.

Seen from space

Satellite picture, Satellite view · October 20, 2026
Satellite view · October 20, 2026

True color from the VIIRS instrument on the NOAA-20 satellite. The ring marks where the event was reported. Pictures: NASA Worldview (GIBS) from the daily satellite passes; clouds can hide the ground on some days.

GDACS report. Source: GDACS, the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System of the United Nations and the European Commission (CC BY 4.0).

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