Overall Green Drought for Eastern China-2025
in China

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 5 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1018228
Name: Eastern China-2025
Countries: China
Start Date: End of Oct 2025
Duration: 151 days (at 30 Mar 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 117469 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),