Overall Orange alert Drought for Southern Afghanistan-2019
in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1012810
Name: Southern Afghanistan-2019
Countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan
Start Date: End of Nov 2018
Duration: 88 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 116622 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 25 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Pakistan: Pakistan: Drought Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF n° MD ... Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:53:00 +0100.

A. Situation analysis. Description of the disaster. Pakistan is experiencing an increase in the frequency and severity of drought due to a rise in temperatures since September 2018, the adverse effects of El Nino and the decrease in the amo
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Fiumi di fango: come venirne fuoriThu, 07 Feb 2019 10:49:00 +0100.

I fiumi di fango , un tipo di frana dagli effetti particolarmente catastrofici, non sono più eventi rari ed è fondamentale riuscire a individuare aree e infrastrutture a rischio. Ora, grazie a un incrocio tra dati geografici, storici e terr
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Allarme riscaldamento climatico anche nella regione himalayana Nationa ... Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:15:00 +0100.

© Fornito da La Repubblica I ghiacciai dell’Himalaya come quello nell’immagine, che si trova lungo il percorso che conduce alla Grotta di Amarnath, in Kashmir, si stanno sciogliendo a causa dell’aumento delle temperature . Fotografia di San
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Dissesto idrogeologico: dall' ENEA un modello innovativo per la previs ... Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:32:00 +0100.

Un team multidisciplinare di ricercatori ENEA ha messo a punto una metodologia innovativa che consente di prevedere l’intensità e il percorso dei “fiumi di fango”, un tipo di frana dagli effetti particolarmente catastrofici, e di individuar
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),