Overall Orange alert Drought for Zambezi Basin-2024
in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 4 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016878
Name: Zambezi Basin-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000018-ZMB
Countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date: End of Dec 2023
Duration: 137 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1743376 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: 99 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

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La NASA alerta: varios países del sur de África están amenazados por u ... 2024-05-04T10:02+0200.

La intensa sequía combinada con los efectos de El Niño amenazan a millones de personas en el sur de África. Una situación que podría no mejorar en varios meses. La falta de agua lleva muchos meses causando importantes pérdidas de cosechas
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Giovane specializzanda lucchese in Sierra Leone con Medici con l’Afric ... 2024-05-02T09:46+0200.

È in partenza per la Sierra Leone Sara Perelli , giovane specializzanda in medicina d’urgenza a Pisa. Originaria di Lucca , 32 anni, dal 4 maggio trascorrerà sei mesi all’ospedale di Freetown, capitale del paese, grazie al progetto Jpo ( Ju
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IS GOVT READY FOR LOOMING FOOD CRISIS?2024-04-29T08:51+0200.

The country is still shocked by the recent leaks. Government has tried to play down the leaks and gave assurance that the leaks revealed that oversight institutions in the country are working well. This, however, is not good enough as the l
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Analytical report

19/Apr/2024 09:39 UTC

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