Historical events SR-5

A standing catalog of past hazardous events — frequency, magnitude, and spatial distribution — including hazard chains where one event triggered or worsened another. Distinct from VerificationRecord, which is a forecast-vs-observed note on one specific resolved alert.

Event catalog — Analamanga

DateHazardMagnitudeSpatial extentFrequency (10yr)
2026-06Flood6.3m peak river level3 districts4th occurrence
2025-01Cyclone + FloodCategory 3 / 5.8m5 districts2nd combined occurrence
2023-11DroughtSPI -1.8Region-wide3rd occurrence

Hazard chain — January 2025 event

  1. 2025-01-14 — Cyclone makes landfall (Category 3)
  2. 2025-01-15 — Heavy rainfall from cyclone remnants (cascading)
  3. 2025-01-16 — River levels breach Severe threshold (compound flood event)
  4. 2025-01-19 — Localized landslide reported in Atsinanana (cascading)

Recording the chain — not just each event in isolation — is what lets an Analyst recognize a compounding sequence early next time.

Sources: BNGRC post-event reports (2023–2026) · GloFAS historical archive · Regional cyclone outlook feed archive.