Overall Orange Drought alert for Indochina-2018 in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam from 21 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC to 20 Jan 2019 13:47 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Indochina-2018

in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

Event summary

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

Name:	Indochina-2018
Countries:	Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Start Date:	End of Aug 2018
Duration:	159 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 178155 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	16 Nov 2018 15:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 106426 km2	GDO
2	1.25	24 Nov 2018 16:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 272522 km2	GDO
3	1.25	04 Jan 2019 00:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 166340 km2	GDO
4	1.25	12 Jan 2019 09:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 166340 km2	GDO
5	1.25	20 Jan 2019 13:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 178155 km2	GDO
6	1.25	26 Jan 2019 17:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 178155 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Vietnam

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Cambodia	Cambodia
- High	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Laos
- High	Thailand	Thailand
- High	Viet Nam	Vietnam

More information

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