Overall Orange alert Drought for Sulawesi (Indonesia)-2019
in Indonesia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1013210
Name: Sulawesi (Indonesia)-2019
Countries: Indonesia
Start Date: End of Apr 2019
Duration: 72 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 10295 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Articles: 12 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia: Living with droughtSun, 14 Jul 2019 08:55:00 +0200.

Jakarta / Sat, July 13, 2019 / 07:33 am. There is nothing new about the long droughts the country is now enduring. This nation has umpteen times proved its resilience in withstanding climate phenomena, that can have disastrous impacts on hu
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Living with droughtSat, 13 Jul 2019 05:16:00 +0200.

There is nothing new about the long droughts the country is now enduring. This nation has umpteen times proved its resilience in withstanding climate phenomena, that can have disastrous impacts on human beings and their environment. But ina
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Indonesia: ECHO Factsheet – Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia – Last up ... Thu, 11 Jul 2019 14:50:00 +0200.

Introduction. Considered safe havens for many, Southeast Asian countries, in particular Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, have long hosted considerable numbers of refugees and asylum seekers from various nationalities who seek protection a
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Thailand, Malaysia and IndonesiaWed, 10 Jul 2019 13:49:00 +0200.

Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia are the largest host countries for refugees in Southeast Asia. Nonetheless, they are not signatories to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Although these countries may be willing to inc
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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),