Malawi Flood Impact on Population and Cropland, March 2025

A flood event in Malawi on March 14, 2025, affected an estimated 262,271 people and 41,646 hectares of cropland. The data is provided by the World Food Programme's Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system for humanitarian emergency response. The dataset was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Estimate population displacement and humanitarian needs based on the reported affected population count.
• Assess agricultural damage and food security implications based on the reported affected cropland area.
• Model flood impact zones for disaster response planning based on the geospatial nature of the data.
• Integrate with other socio-economic datasets for vulnerability analysis based on the system's stated purpose.

Strengths

• Provides specific impact figures: 262,271 people and 41,646 hectares of cropland affected.
• Originates from an operational humanitarian analysis system (WFP ADAM) designed for emergency mapping.
• Includes a precise event date (March 14, 2025) and a recent metadata update (May 21, 2026).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The spatial resolution and specific data layers within the GEOTIFF files are not described.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analyzed, and mapped by an automated system following a sudden-onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Event date: March 14, 2025. Analysis period unspecified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 22:04:52.691446; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Malawi