Overall Orange Drought alert for Eastern China-2019 in China from 21 May 2019 00:00 UTC to 20 Nov 2019 11:17 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Eastern China-2019

in China

Event summary

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

Name:	Eastern China-2019
Countries:	China
Start Date:	End of May 2019
Duration:	219 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 520578 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	14 Aug 2019 10:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 414839 km2	GDO
2	0.75	22 Oct 2019 08:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 456701 km2	GDO
3	1	24 Oct 2019 13:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 478884 km2	GDO
4	1	06 Nov 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 290037 km2	GDO
5	1	13 Nov 2019 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 397954 km2	GDO
6	1	20 Nov 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 365109 km2	GDO
7	1	01 Dec 2019 13:51	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 353322 km2	GDO
8	1	24 Dec 2019 14:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 531112 km2	GDO
9	1	26 Dec 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 520578 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
China

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Anhui Sheng	China
- Medium	Chongqing Shi	China
- Medium	Fujian Sheng	China
- Low	Guangdong Sheng	China
- Medium	Henan Sheng	China
- Medium	Hubei Sheng	China
- Medium	Hunan Sheng	China
- Medium	Jiangxi Sheng	China
- Medium	Zhejiang Sheng	China

More information

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