Overall Orange Drought alert for Central America-2019 in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua from 21 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC to 06 Nov 2019 16:17 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Central America-2019

in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Central America-2019
Countries:	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Start Date:	End of Sep 2018
Duration:	530 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 113247 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	10 Feb 2019 10:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 49105 km2	GDO
2	0.5	16 Feb 2019 15:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 49105 km2	GDO
3	0.5	08 Mar 2019 16:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 80424 km2	GDO
4	0.75	15 Mar 2019 17:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 68356 km2	GDO
5	1.5	17 Mar 2019 14:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 153915 km2	GDO
6	1.5	31 Mar 2019 12:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 204322 km2	GDO
8	1.5	12 Apr 2019 14:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 82622 km2	GDO
9	1.5	26 Apr 2019 15:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 106238 km2	GDO
10	1.5	08 May 2019 13:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 73705 km2	GDO
11	1.5	24 May 2019 09:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 85520 km2	GDO
12	1.5	24 May 2019 14:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 43199 km2	GDO
13	1.75	09 Jun 2019 15:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 43199 km2	GDO
14	1.75	16 Jun 2019 11:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 43199 km2	GDO
15	1.75	26 Jun 2019 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 85754 km2	GDO
16	1.75	02 Jul 2019 09:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 124312 km2	GDO
17	1.5	03 Jul 2019 12:41	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 130378 km2	GDO
18	1.5	16 Jul 2019 15:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 130378 km2	GDO
19	1.5	23 Jul 2019 08:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 133988 km2	GDO
20	1.5	01 Aug 2019 10:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 157734 km2	GDO
21	1.5	13 Aug 2019 12:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 253569 km2	GDO
22	1.5	26 Aug 2019 13:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 288630 km2	GDO
23	1.5	08 Sep 2019 10:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 367098 km2	GDO
24	1.5	10 Sep 2019 14:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 674405 km2	GDO
25	1.5	25 Sep 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 718149 km2	GDO
26	1.5	03 Oct 2019 13:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 626609 km2	GDO
27	1.5	22 Oct 2019 08:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 697734 km2	GDO
28	1.5	24 Oct 2019 13:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 690263 km2	GDO
29	1.5	06 Nov 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 344820 km2	GDO
30	1.5	13 Nov 2019 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 330102 km2	GDO
31	1.5	20 Nov 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 308187 km2	GDO
32	1.5	01 Dec 2019 13:51	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 176153 km2	GDO
33	1.5	24 Dec 2019 14:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 195916 km2	GDO
34	1.5	26 Dec 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 219485 km2	GDO
35	1.5	06 Jan 2020 14:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 116296 km2	GDO
36	1.5	13 Jan 2020 14:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 116296 km2	GDO
37	1.5	21 Jan 2020 13:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 116296 km2	GDO
38	1.5	05 Feb 2020 13:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 91717 km2	GDO
39	1.5	17 Feb 2020 13:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 113247 km2	GDO
40	1.5	03 Mar 2020 14:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 113247 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Belize	Belize
- Medium	Guatemala	Guatemala
- Medium	Honduras	Honduras
- Medium	Nicaragua	Nicaragua
- Medium	Campeche	Mexico
- Low	Chiapas	Mexico
- Low	Oaxaca	Mexico
- Medium	Quintana Roo	Mexico
- Low	Sinaloa	Mexico
- Medium	Tabasco	Mexico
- High	Veracruz	Mexico
- Medium	Yucatan	Mexico
- Low	Chihuahua	Mexico
- Medium	Distrito Federal	Mexico
- Low	Durango	Mexico
- Low	Guanajuato	Mexico
- High	Hidalgo	Mexico
- Medium	Mexico	Mexico
- Medium	Morelos	Mexico
- High	Puebla	Mexico
- Medium	Queretaro	Mexico
- Medium	San Luis Potosi	Mexico
- Medium	Tamaulipas	Mexico
- Medium	Tlaxcala	Mexico

More information

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