Overall Green Drought alert for Yellow Sea-2019 in China, North Korea, South Korea from 21 May 2019 00:00 UTC to 08 Sep 2019 10:47 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Yellow Sea-2019

in China, North Korea, South Korea

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	Yellow Sea-2019
Countries:	China, North Korea, South Korea
Start Date:	End of May 2019
Duration:	110 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107809 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	0.75	16 Jul 2019 15:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 96098 km2	GDO
2	0.75	23 Jul 2019 08:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 156492 km2	GDO
3	0.75	01 Aug 2019 10:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 142243 km2	GDO
4	0.75	13 Aug 2019 12:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 378100 km2	GDO
5	0.75	26 Aug 2019 13:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 414839 km2	GDO
6	0.75	08 Sep 2019 10:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107809 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
China
North Korea
South Korea

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Anhui Sheng	China
- Medium	Hebei Sheng	China
- Medium	Henan Sheng	China
- Low	Jiangsu Sheng	China
- Medium	Shandong Sheng	China
- Medium	Shanxi Sheng	China
- Medium	Dem People's Rep of Korea	North Korea
- Low	Republic of Korea	South Korea

More information

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