Overall Orange Drought alert for Hispaniola-2020 in Dominican Republic, Haiti from 21 Feb 2020 00:00 UTC to 01 Jul 2020 16:07 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Hispaniola-2020

in Dominican Republic, Haiti

Event summary

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

Name:	Hispaniola-2020
Countries:	Dominican Republic, Haiti
Start Date:	End of Feb 2020
Duration:	146 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 41438 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	1.5	12 Jun 2020 17:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 53138 km2	GDO
2	1.5	22 Jun 2020 10:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 64762 km2	GDO
3	1.5	01 Jul 2020 16:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48289 km2	GDO
4	1.5	15 Jul 2020 13:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 41438 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Dominican Republic
Haiti

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic
- High	Haiti	Haiti

More information

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