Overall Orange alert Drought for Southeast Asia-2024
in Bangladesh, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1017005
Name: Southeast Asia-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000057-VNM
Countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
Start Date: End of Feb 2024
Duration: 117 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1333670 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 241 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 1

World Vision2024-06-17T10:55+0200.

está respondiendo en Bangladesh a la fuerte tormenta ciclónica Remal, que tocó tierra en la costa suroeste de Bangladesh ayer. El equipo ha activado medidas de preparación para emergencias, incluyendo la apertura de refugios anticiclónicos,
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Explainer: Impact of heat waves on food production2024-06-15T08:15+0200.

The global weather body has stated there is an 80% chance that global mean near-surface temperature will exceed 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average levels for at least one year between 2024 and 2028. There is a 47% chance that the five-year m
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In pictures: India records ‘longest' heatwave, Delhi faces water crisi ... 2024-06-14T09:06+0200.

India's capital Delhi is facing a severe water crisis as the country undergoes its "longest spell" of recorded heatwave. Delhi's Water Minister Atishi warned Thursday the city is facing a water shortage of 50 million gallons daily due to a
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Gli esportatori di cereali russi vedono un potenziale di crescita in I ... 2024-06-11T10:36+0200.

Gli esportatori russi di cereali vedono il potenziale per aumentare le forniture di legumi e cereali all'India e alla Cina, pur continuando a concentrarsi sui loro mercati tradizionali in Medio Oriente e Nord Africa, ha dichiarato martedì i
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),