Overall Orange Drought for South America-2023 in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 11 Mar 2026 13:17 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for South America-2023

in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 42 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1016449
Name:	South America-2023
Glide number:	DR-2023-000204-BRA
Countries:	Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	1249 days (at 20 Mar 2026)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 693151 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

20/Dec/2024 14:17 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

07/Oct/2024 13:59 UTC

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Analytical report

02/Aug/2024 07:09 UTC

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Analytical report

04/Jan/2024 14:20 UTC

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Daily Maps: ECHO Daily Map of 19 December 2024

19/Dec/2024 15:37 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

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

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