Overall Green alert Drought for Turkey-2019
in Bulgaria, Iraq, Iran, Türkiye

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1013682
Name: Turkey-2019
Countries: Bulgaria, Iraq, Iran, Türkiye
Start Date: End of Oct 2019
Duration: 66 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 349846 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), WMO (1), INFORM (2),