Overall Orange Drought alert for Southern Afghanistan-2019 in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan from 21 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC to 16 Feb 2019 15:47 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Southern Afghanistan-2019

in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan

Event summary

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

Name:	Southern Afghanistan-2019
Countries:	Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
Start Date:	End of Nov 2018
Duration:	88 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 116622 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	1.5	20 Jan 2019 13:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 95776 km2	GDO
2	1.75	10 Feb 2019 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 116622 km2	GDO
3	1.75	16 Feb 2019 15:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 116622 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Afghanistan	Afghanistan
- Medium	Khorasan	Iran
- Low	Sistan-o baluchestan	Iran
- Low	Balochistan	Pakistan

More information

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