Overall Green alert Drought for Eastern Europe, Don, Volga-2018
in Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Türkiye, Ukraine

Event summary

Drought 2018 Don Volga Basins is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on episode 0.

Name: Eastern Europe, Don, Volga-2018
Countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Türkiye, Ukraine
Start Date: End of Apr 2018
Duration: 218 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1677855 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateDescription impactSource
1 0.75 10 Aug 2018 09:17 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 722682 km2 GDO
2 0.75 20 Aug 2018 08:37 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 637418 km2 GDO
3 0.75 20 Aug 2018 10:17 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 637418 km2 GDO
4 0.75 20 Aug 2018 10:37 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 637418 km2 GDO
5 0.5 29 Aug 2018 15:17 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 640464 km2 GDO
6 0.5 29 Aug 2018 15:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 192269 km2 GDO
7 0.5 06 Sep 2018 09:57 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 192269 km2 GDO
8 0.5 13 Sep 2018 13:57 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 301957 km2 GDO
9 0.5 19 Sep 2018 08:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 683321 km2 GDO
10 0.5 23 Sep 2018 10:07 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 683321 km2 GDO
11 0.5 10 Oct 2018 08:17 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 683321 km2 GDO
12 0.5 12 Oct 2018 12:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 342108 km2 GDO
13 0.5 13 Oct 2018 12:44 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 505280 km2 GDO
14 0.5 14 Oct 2018 08:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 505280 km2 GDO
15 0.5 14 Oct 2018 09:17 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 505280 km2 GDO
16 0.5 19 Oct 2018 12:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 505280 km2 GDO
17 0.5 28 Oct 2018 15:37 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 526789 km2 GDO
18 0.5 09 Nov 2018 00:47 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 243648 km2 GDO
19 0.5 16 Nov 2018 15:57 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1705529 km2 GDO
20 0.5 24 Nov 2018 16:27 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1677855 km2 GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Kazakhstan
Russia
Georgia
Ukraine
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan


Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri Name Country
- High Aktyubinskaya Kazakhstan
- High Atyrauskaya Kazakhstan
- Medium Mangistauskaya Kazakhstan
- Medium Zapadno-kazachstanskaya Kazakhstan
- High Bashkortostan Rep. Russia
- High Orenburgskaya Oblast Russia
- Medium Karakalpakstan Uzbekistan
- Medium Balkan Turkmenistan
- High Kalmykiya Rep. Russia
- Medium Karatchayevo-cherkesiya Rep. Russia
- High Krasnodarskiy Kray Russia
- Medium Lipetskaya Oblast Russia
- High Mordoviya Rep. Russia
- High Name Unknown Russia
- Low Nizhegorodskaya Oblast Russia
- High Orenburgskaya Oblast Russia
- High Penzenskaya Oblast Russia
- High Rostovskaya Oblast Russia
- Medium Ryazanskaya Oblast Russia
- Medium Samarskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Saratovskaya Oblast Russia
- Medium Severnaya Osetiya-alaniya Rep. Russia
- High Stavropolskiy Kray Russia
- Medium Tambovskaya Oblast Russia
- Low Ulyanovskaya Oblast Russia
- Medium Volgogradskaya Oblast Russia
- High Dnipropetrovs'ka Ukraine
- High Donets'ka Ukraine
- Medium Kharkivs'ka Ukraine
- High Khersons'ka Ukraine
- Low Kirovohrads'ka Ukraine
- Low Mykolayivs'ka Ukraine
- Low Poltavs'ka Ukraine
- High Zaporiz'ka Ukraine

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