Overall Green alert Drought for Ireland and UK-2020
in Ireland, ,

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1014048
Name: Ireland and UK-2020
Countries: Ireland, ,
Start Date: End of Mar 2020
Duration: 84 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 255429 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Articles: 329 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Natalini: 38 gradi al Polo Nord e eolico a mareSat, 27 Jun 2020 12:13:00 +0200.

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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Caldo africano in arrivo, punte di 40 gradi già dalla prossima settima ... Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:50:00 +0200.

Sarà un week end di grande cald o, con quella che Sciascia chiamava «l’afa che snerva l’ elasticità dell’ aria». E proseguirà la prossima settimana : sette giorni di caldo «africano» con temperature sino a 40 gradi Il mese di luglio farà qu
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Caldo africano in arrivo, punte di 40 gradi già dalla prossima settima ... Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:38:00 +0200.

Una vasta area di alta pressione sta scaldando i motori, per un fine settimana tropicale e un luglio che partirà col botto. Qualche scarico temporalesco potrebbe acuire il traffico atteso su strade e autostrade
Fallout from Australia’s Huge Wildfires Is Choking RiversSat, 27 Jun 2020 06:33:00 +0200.

collaboration. Walking through the Bogandyera Nature Reserve, Luke Pearce, a fisheries manager for the Australian state of New South Wales, gestured down a steep hillside and described the scene three days after a wildfire roared through th
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Analytical report

17/Jun/2020 16:37 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),