Overall Green Drought alert for Guinea-2018 in The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal from 21 May 2018 00:00 UTC to 10 Aug 2018 09:17 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Guinea-2018

in The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal

Event summary

Drought 2018 Guinea 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:	Guinea-2018
Countries:	The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Start Date:	End of May 2018
Duration:	142 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 59944 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	0.5	10 Aug 2018 09:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48154 km2	GDO
2	0.75	20 Aug 2018 08:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83994 km2	GDO
3	0.75	20 Aug 2018 10:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83994 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Aug 2018 10:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83994 km2	GDO
5	0.75	29 Aug 2018 15:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83994 km2	GDO
6	0.75	19 Sep 2018 08:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 59944 km2	GDO
7	0.75	23 Sep 2018 10:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 59944 km2	GDO
8	0.75	10 Oct 2018 08:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 59944 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Senegal

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau
- High	Kolda	Senegal
- High	Sedhiou	Senegal
- High	Ziguinchor	Senegal
- Medium	Boke	Guinea
- Low	Kindia	Guinea

More information

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