Overall Orange Drought alert for South Sudan - Uganda - Kenya-2018 in Congo, DRC, Central African Republic, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda from 21 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC to 28 Nov 2018 15:27 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for South Sudan - Uganda - Kenya-2018

in Congo, DRC, Central African Republic, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda

Event summary

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

Name:	South Sudan - Uganda - Kenya-2018
Countries:	Congo, DRC, Central African Republic, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda
Start Date:	End of Oct 2018
Duration:	71 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 331753 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	1.25	24 Nov 2018 16:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 98379 km2	GDO
2	1.25	28 Nov 2018 15:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 98379 km2	GDO
3	1.75	06 Dec 2018 16:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 98379 km2	GDO
4	1.5	30 Dec 2018 14:05	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 331753 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Sudan
Uganda

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Orientale	Democratic Republic of the Congo
- High	Central Equatoria	South Sudan
- High	Western Equatoria	South Sudan
- Medium	Uganda	Uganda

More information

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