Overall Orange Drought alert for Mexico-USA-2020 in Mexico, United States from 01 Jun 2020 00:00 UTC to 06 Sep 2020 16:47 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Mexico-USA-2020

in Mexico, United States

Event summary

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

Name:	Mexico-USA-2020
Countries:	Mexico, United States
Start Date:	Begin of Jun 2020
Duration:	133 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 409779 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	06 Sep 2020 16:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 215259 km2	GDO
2	1	24 Sep 2020 16:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 500131 km2	GDO
3	1	05 Oct 2020 09:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 528283 km2	GDO
4	1	11 Oct 2020 12:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 409779 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Mexico
United States

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Chihuahua	Mexico
- Medium	Coahuila	Mexico
- Medium	Sinaloa	Mexico
- Medium	Sonora	Mexico
- Medium	Texas	United States

More information

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