Overall Orange Drought alert for Southern Europe-2023 in Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye from 11 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Southern Europe-2023

in Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1016679
Name:	Southern Europe-2023
Glide number:	DR-2023-000267-ALB
Countries:	Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye
Start Date:	Middle of Aug 2023
Duration:	304 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 335245 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 221 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

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World sees 12th straight record-hot month and braces for more2024-06-09T05:52+0200.

May marked the Earth’s 12th consecutive month of record-breaking temperatures, with more heat waves expected this summer. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that last month overall temperatures globally were 1.5

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Beautiful Italian region thrown into crisis as key industry issues dir ... 2024-06-08T13:48+0200.

Farmers in the Asolo hills of Italy have hit hard times as the climate crisis damages crops needed to make prosecco, one of the world’s most popular sparkling wines. The spring frost killed buds, the summer storms thrashed leaves, long drou

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From parched earth to landslides: crisis in the prosecco hills of Ital ... 2024-06-08T06:10+0200.

Paola Ferraro marches through the neat grids of vines that chequer the slopes of Monfumo and rattles off the number of ways violent weather hurts her family’s prosecco production. Spring frost kills buds, summer hail storms thrash leaves, l

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06/Mar/2024 14:00 UTC

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23/Feb/2024 09:05 UTC

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