Overall Green alert Drought for South Africa, Lesotho-2024
in Lesotho, South Africa

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 4 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016891
Name: South Africa, Lesotho-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000018-ZMB
Countries: Lesotho, South Africa
Start Date: End of Dec 2023
Duration: 171 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 95300 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Forest fire in Lesotho, South Africa - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 26 Apr 2024 18:26

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Articles: 461 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

HIV risk rises as climate disasters push African women to sell sex2024-06-06T08:15+0200.

In Nairobi's informal settlement of Kawangware, Kenyan vegetable seller Beverly confronts a grim reality — her one-room corrugated iron home and everything she owned has been destroyed in the worst floods in years. Since March, torrential r
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Climate Change Intensifies Women's HIV Risk in Africa2024-06-06T02:03+0200.

* Climate crises hit African women's livelihoods. * More women, girls forced into transactional sex. * HIV infection risk higher in young women and girls. By Nita Bhalla NAIROBI, June 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In Nairobi's informal s
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ReNOKA to strengthen Lesotho’s environmental issues2024-06-03T11:38+0200.

Lesotho will on June 5 be joining the world in celebrating World Environment Day under the theme ‘land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience’. In collaboration with the ministry of environment and forestry, ReNOKA will be cre
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Africa Drought Threat Intensifies, Causing Rise in Elephant Death Toll ... 2024-05-31T22:16+0200.

Drought has impacted Africa for years, aggravating humanitarian crises like widespread displacements and malnutrition due to food insecurity that affects millions of people. While the said natural disaster is notoriously known for destroyin
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19/Apr/2024 09:40 UTC

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