Overall Orange alert Drought for Southern Europe-2023
in Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016679
Name: Southern Europe-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000267-ALB
Countries: Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye
Start Date: Middle of Aug 2023
Duration: 269 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305575 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 131 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 1

Le piogge di aprile non salvano l’Europa dall’emergenza siccità: tutti ... 2024-05-06T08:47+0200.

(Di lunedì 6 maggio 2024) Dalla Spagna al Portogallo, dalla Sud della Francia alla Romania. Come accaduto in Italia, in alcuni Paesi europei la pioggia è arrivata. Può servire a salvare l’estate dalla siccità , a patto che il turismo non di
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La crisis de los limones: 400 millones de kilos sin recoger este año p ... 2024-05-06T01:23+0200.

En España sobran limones. Puede parecer extraña esta aseveración, pero en las últimas campañas el mercado de este sector se ha saturado de tal manera que se han llegado a producir unas 400.000 toneladas más que la media histórica (entre 1.1
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Water, Vol. 16, Pages 1305: Applicability of Single-Borehole Dilution ... 2024-05-03T13:10+0200.

A set of experimental field single-borehole dilution tests were completed in the MotrilSalobreña detrital aquifer (Spain) in a sector with coarse material in four different moments under variable hydrological conditions. The comparative stu
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Spain travel warning as breaking new swimming pool rules could result ... 2024-05-03T11:09+0200.

The new regulations have reportedly been introduced in a popular resort in Spain, frequented by UK tourists and expats, regarding the use of swimming pools and public showers. The Costa del Sol, including Malaga and surrounding towns such a
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Analytical report

06/Mar/2024 14:00 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

23/Feb/2024 09:05 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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