Overall Red Drought alert for Zambezi Basin-2018 in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe from 21 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC to 06 Dec 2018 16:07 UTC

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Overall Red alert Drought for Zambezi Basin-2018

in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Event summary

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

Name:	Zambezi Basin-2018
Countries:	Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date:	End of Oct 2018
Duration:	521 days
Impact:	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 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	24 Nov 2018 16:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 205111 km2	GDO
2	1	28 Nov 2018 15:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 205111 km2	GDO
3	1	06 Dec 2018 16:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 205111 km2	GDO
4	1.5	30 Dec 2018 14:05	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1159740 km2	GDO
5	1.5	04 Jan 2019 00:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1049542 km2	GDO
6	1.5	12 Jan 2019 09:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1049542 km2	GDO
7	2	20 Jan 2019 13:47	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1524659 km2	GDO
8	2	26 Jan 2019 17:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1641623 km2	GDO
9	2	08 Feb 2019 01:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1120969 km2	GDO
10	2	08 Feb 2019 11:17	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1120969 km2	GDO
11	2	09 Feb 2019 15:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1120969 km2	GDO
12	2	10 Feb 2019 10:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1434279 km2	GDO
13	2	16 Feb 2019 15:47	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1434279 km2	GDO
14	2	08 Mar 2019 16:17	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1886703 km2	GDO
15	2.25	15 Mar 2019 17:17	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1388451 km2	GDO
16	2.25	17 Mar 2019 14:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1799052 km2	GDO
17	2.25	31 Mar 2019 12:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1950119 km2	GDO
18	2.25	05 Apr 2019 09:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1655436 km2	GDO
19	2.25	12 Apr 2019 14:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 2084865 km2	GDO
20	2.25	26 Apr 2019 15:37	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 2202297 km2	GDO
21	2.25	08 May 2019 13:57	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1070335 km2	GDO
22	2.25	24 May 2019 09:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1126446 km2	GDO
23	2.25	24 May 2019 14:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1126446 km2	GDO
24	2.25	09 Jun 2019 15:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 381379 km2	GDO
25	2.25	16 Jun 2019 11:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 513440 km2	GDO
26	2.25	26 Jun 2019 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 513440 km2	GDO
27	2.25	03 Jul 2019 12:41	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 253403 km2	GDO
28	1.75	16 Jul 2019 15:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 294426 km2	GDO
29	1.75	23 Jul 2019 08:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 304848 km2	GDO
30	1.75	01 Aug 2019 10:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 138363 km2	GDO
31	1.75	13 Aug 2019 12:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 623881 km2	GDO
32	1.75	26 Aug 2019 13:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 612743 km2	GDO
33	1.5	08 Sep 2019 10:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 127318 km2	GDO
34	1.75	10 Sep 2019 14:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 965323 km2	GDO
35	1.75	25 Sep 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1064727 km2	GDO
36	1.75	03 Oct 2019 13:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 507390 km2	GDO
37	1.75	22 Oct 2019 08:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 675559 km2	GDO
38	1.75	24 Oct 2019 13:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 745495 km2	GDO
39	1.75	06 Nov 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 583026 km2	GDO
40	1.75	13 Nov 2019 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1693316 km2	GDO
41	1.75	20 Nov 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1911666 km2	GDO
42	1.75	01 Dec 2019 13:51	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1288962 km2	GDO
43	1.75	24 Dec 2019 14:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1775934 km2	GDO
44	1.75	26 Dec 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1799978 km2	GDO
45	2	06 Jan 2020 14:47	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 808666 km2	GDO
46	2	13 Jan 2020 14:17	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1101717 km2	GDO
47	2	21 Jan 2020 13:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1239873 km2	GDO
48	2	05 Feb 2020 13:37	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 597636 km2	GDO
49	2	17 Feb 2020 13:37	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 666600 km2	GDO
50	2	03 Mar 2020 14:37	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 737495 km2	GDO
51	2	03 Mar 2020 16:57	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 km2	GDO
52	2	24 Mar 2020 16:37	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Zambia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Central	Botswana
- High	Limpopo	South Africa
- High	Mpumalanga	South Africa
- High	North West	South Africa
- Low	Kgalagadi	Botswana
- Medium	Kweneng	Botswana
- High	South-East	Botswana
- High	Southern	Botswana
- High	Free State	South Africa
- Medium	Chobe	Botswana
- Medium	Ngamiland	Botswana
- Medium	Caprivi	Namibia
- Medium	Kavango	Namibia
- Medium	North-Western	Zambia
- High	Western	Zambia

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