Overall Green alert Drought for Mexico eastern coast-2019
in Mexico

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1013191
Name: Mexico eastern coast-2019
Countries: Mexico
Start Date: End of Apr 2019
Duration: 128 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 77780 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),