ADAM 1001254: Tropical Depression Event in Madagascar, January-February 2026

WFP's ADAM system provides geospatial and socio-economic data for a tropical depression that impacted Madagascar from January 29 to February 4, 2026, with the storm center located near latitude -23.41, longitude 54.85. The dataset is part of an operational system for analyzing sudden-onset humanitarian emergencies. It was last updated on May 21, 2026, and is available in SHP and CSV formats under a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map the storm's path and potential impact zones based on the provided center coordinates and date range.
• Analyze socio-economic vulnerability for disaster response planning using the integrated socio-economic information mentioned in the description.
• Model flood or wind damage risk by combining the event's geospatial footprint with other geographic data layers.

Strengths

• Specific event date range (Jan 29 2026-Feb 04 2026) and precise storm center coordinates (lat -23.41, lon 54.85) are provided.
• Data originates from WFP's operational Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system, suggesting a structured collection process.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by the ADAM system following a sudden-onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Event period: Jan 29 2026 - Feb 04 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:10:25.136266; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Madagascar, with storm center near latitude -23.41, longitude 54.85