Overall Green alert Drought for Black Sea area-2019
in Russia, Ukraine

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 6 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1013691
Name: Black Sea area-2019
Countries: Russia, Ukraine
Start Date: End of Oct 2019
Duration: 236 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 67340 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Nella cittadina siberiana di Verkhoyansk, situata nel Circolo Polare Artico, il termometro in questi giorni segna 38 gradi! La Russia ha appena vissuto il suo inverno più caldo degli ultimi 130 anni e la Siberia ha visto una prolungata onda
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“Huge forest fires put our health at risk”Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:58:00 +0200.

For weeks, the huge fires that consumed Australia at the beginning of this year were front-page news – and a major cause of global concern. Now, Siberia – Russia’s northernmost region – is experiencing wildfires after record spring heat, wi
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Earth Day: Hotter, wetter, drought, fires – using satellite imagery to ... Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:08:00 +0200.

Editor’s Note: Emily Negrin is director of global communications & marketing for Geosys , the satellite imagery analytics business. For Earth Day, we asked her to provide an overview of how climate change has impacted agriculture industries
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Meteo per lunedì 20 Aprile. CICLONE entra nel vivo, arriva il MALTEMPOSun, 19 Apr 2020 15:24:00 +0200.

Si va ritirando l'anticiclone africano che ha dominato negli ultimi giorni sul Mediterraneo e su parte dell'Europa , messo alle corde da un duplice attacco proveniente da un lato dal Vicino Atlantico e dall'altro da infiltrazioni d'aria fre
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),