Madagascar

Brief · 19 September 2026

This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.

Madagascar's past week was dominated by numerous active wildfires detected by satellite, with two new red-severity fires flagged on 16 and 18 September producing total fire radiative power above 8,800 MW each. An orange-severity drought first tracked on 27 July continues to affect 369,327 km² of the country.

Wildfire New red-severity wildfires were detected in Madagascar on 16 September (8,856 MW total fire radiative power, peak 583 MW) and 18 September (8,944 MW total fire radiative power, peak 1,550 MW), both identified through NASA satellite observations.

Drought A drought affecting 369,327 km² of Madagascar remains classified at orange severity, according to GDO data via GDACS, having first been tracked on 27 July 2026.

• A wildfire first detected in Madagascar on 16 September 2026 is producing a total fire radiative power of 8,856 MW.
• A wildfire first detected in Madagascar on 18 September 2026 is producing a total fire radiative power of 8,944 MW.

Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 19 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 19 Sept, 20:42 UTC, not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.