Overall Orange Drought alert for India-2018 in China, India, Myanmar, Nepal from 21 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC to 08 Feb 2019 11:17 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	India-2018
Countries:	China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Start Date:	End of Jun 2018
Duration:	241 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 106336 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	1.25	14 Oct 2018 08:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 35897 km2	GDO
2	1.25	14 Oct 2018 09:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 35897 km2	GDO
3	1.25	19 Oct 2018 12:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 35897 km2	GDO
4	1.25	28 Oct 2018 15:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 97245 km2	GDO
5	1.25	09 Nov 2018 00:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 73448 km2	GDO
6	1.25	16 Nov 2018 15:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 196244 km2	GDO
7	1.5	24 Nov 2018 16:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 897395 km2	GDO
8	1.5	24 Nov 2018 16:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 860339 km2	GDO
9	1.5	28 Nov 2018 15:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 860339 km2	GDO
10	1.5	07 Dec 2018 09:24	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 860339 km2	GDO
11	1.5	30 Dec 2018 14:05	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1299613 km2	GDO
12	1.5	04 Jan 2019 00:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 864567 km2	GDO
13	1.5	12 Jan 2019 09:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 864567 km2	GDO
14	1.5	20 Jan 2019 13:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 933014 km2	GDO
15	1.5	26 Jan 2019 17:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 933014 km2	GDO
16	1.5	08 Feb 2019 01:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 95942 km2	GDO
17	1.5	08 Feb 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 95942 km2	GDO
18	1.5	09 Feb 2019 15:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 95942 km2	GDO
19	1.5	10 Feb 2019 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 106336 km2	GDO
20	1.5	16 Feb 2019 15:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 106336 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
China
India
Myanmar
Nepal

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Myanmar	Myanmar
- Medium	Nepal	Nepal
- Low	Xizang Zizhiqu	China
- High	Andhra Pradesh	India
- High	Karnataka	India
- Low	Maharashtra	India
- Medium	Nagaland	India
- High	Tamil Nadu	India
- Medium	Bihar	India

More information

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