Overall Orange alert Drought for Rondonia - Mato Grosso (Brazil)-2019
in Bolivia, Brazil

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 20 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1012926
Name: Rondonia - Mato Grosso (Brazil)-2019
Glide number: DR-2020-000031-ARG
Countries: Bolivia, Brazil
Start Date: End of Dec 2018
Duration: 589 days (at 10 Aug 2020)
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 133215 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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