Overall Orange Drought alert for Northern Africa-2023 in Algeria, Spain, Morocco from 21 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Northern Africa-2023

in Algeria, Spain, Morocco

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	Northern Africa-2023
Countries:	Algeria, Spain, Morocco
Start Date:	End of Sep 2023
Duration:	246 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 165712 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 260568 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 285486 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 358143 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 368330 km2	GDO
5	0.75	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 315298 km2	GDO
6	0.75	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 396207 km2	GDO
7	0.75	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 465498 km2	GDO
8	1	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 323232 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 522887 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 575664 km2	GDO
11	1.25	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 526984 km2	GDO
12	1.5	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 555270 km2	GDO
13	1.5	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 555270 km2	GDO
14	1.5	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 321057 km2	GDO
15	1.5	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 352091 km2	GDO
16	1.5	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 352091 km2	GDO
17	1.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 196784 km2	GDO
18	1.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 217851 km2	GDO
19	1.5	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 266203 km2	GDO
20	1.5	23 May 2024 15:23	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 165712 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Tunisia	Tunisia
- High	Ain-Defla	Algeria
- Medium	Alger	Algeria
- Medium	Annaba	Algeria
- High	Batna	Algeria
- High	Bejaia	Algeria
- High	Biskra	Algeria
- Medium	Blida	Algeria
- High	Bordj Bou Arrer	Algeria
- High	Bouira	Algeria
- High	Boumerdes	Algeria
- Medium	Constantine	Algeria
- High	Djelfa	Algeria
- High	El Oued	Algeria
- Medium	El-Tarf	Algeria
- Medium	Guelma	Algeria
- Medium	Jijel	Algeria
- High	Khenchela	Algeria
- High	Laghouat	Algeria
- High	Medea	Algeria
- High	Mila	Algeria
- High	M'Sila	Algeria
- High	Oum El Bouaghi	Algeria
- High	Setif	Algeria
- Medium	Skikda	Algeria
- High	Souk-Ahras	Algeria
- High	Tebessa	Algeria
- High	Tiaret	Algeria
- Medium	Tipaza	Algeria
- High	Tissemsilt	Algeria
- High	Tizi Ouzou	Algeria
- Low	Bechar	Algeria
- High	El Bayadh	Algeria
- High	Naama	Algeria
- High	Saida	Algeria
- High	Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria
- High	Tlemcen	Algeria
- Low	Oriental	Morocco

More information

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