Overall Orange Drought alert for New South Wales (Australia)-2018 in Australia from 21 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC to 10 Oct 2018 08:17 UTC

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	New South Wales (Australia)-2018
Countries:	Australia
Start Date:	End of Feb 2018
Duration:	277 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 142608 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.75	10 Aug 2018 09:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 264671 km2	GDO
2	0.75	20 Aug 2018 08:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 487914 km2	GDO
3	0.75	20 Aug 2018 10:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 529824 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Aug 2018 10:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 487914 km2	GDO
5	1	29 Aug 2018 15:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 493605 km2	GDO
6	1	29 Aug 2018 15:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 365829 km2	GDO
7	1	06 Sep 2018 09:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 365829 km2	GDO
8	1	13 Sep 2018 13:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 407726 km2	GDO
9	1	19 Sep 2018 08:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 448814 km2	GDO
10	1	23 Sep 2018 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 448814 km2	GDO
11	1	10 Oct 2018 08:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 448814 km2	GDO
12	1.25	12 Oct 2018 12:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 405463 km2	GDO
13	1.25	13 Oct 2018 12:44	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 542710 km2	GDO
14	1.25	14 Oct 2018 08:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 542710 km2	GDO
15	1.25	14 Oct 2018 09:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 542710 km2	GDO
16	1.25	19 Oct 2018 12:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 542710 km2	GDO
17	1.25	28 Oct 2018 15:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 562593 km2	GDO
18	1.25	09 Nov 2018 00:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 142729 km2	GDO
19	1	16 Nov 2018 15:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 152795 km2	GDO
20	1	24 Nov 2018 16:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 142608 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Australia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	New South Wales	Australia
- Medium	Queensland	Australia
- Medium	South Australia	Australia
- Medium	Victoria	Australia

More information

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