Overall Green Drought alert for East Africa-2022 in Tanzania, Mozambique from 21 Mar 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 Mar 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for East Africa-2022

in Tanzania, Mozambique

Event summary

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

Name:	East Africa-2022
Countries:	Tanzania, Mozambique
Start Date:	End of Mar 2022
Duration:	345 days (at 10 Mar 2023)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 195576 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	0.75	30 Apr 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 11769 km2	GDO
2	0.75	10 May 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 11769 km2	GDO
3	0.75	20 May 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 11769 km2	GDO
4	0.75	10 Jun 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 111127 km2	GDO
5	0.75	20 Jun 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 111127 km2	GDO
6	0.75	30 Jun 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 164795 km2	GDO
7	1.25	10 Jul 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 179170 km2	GDO
8	1.25	20 Jul 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 183324 km2	GDO
9	1.25	30 Jul 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 171008 km2	GDO
10	1.25	10 Aug 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 171008 km2	GDO
11	1.25	20 Aug 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 233430 km2	GDO
12	1.25	30 Aug 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 107754 km2	GDO
13	1.25	10 Sep 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 156971 km2	GDO
14	1.25	20 Sep 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 156971 km2	GDO
15	1.25	30 Sep 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 83222 km2	GDO
16	1	10 Oct 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 83817 km2	GDO
17	1	20 Oct 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 83817 km2	GDO
18	1	30 Oct 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 71508 km2	GDO
19	1	10 Nov 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 137080 km2	GDO
20	1.25	20 Nov 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 213954 km2	GDO
21	1.5	30 Nov 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 170839 km2	GDO
22	1.75	10 Dec 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 249051 km2	GDO
23	2	20 Dec 2021 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 334267 km2	GDO
24	2	30 Dec 2021 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 98032 km2	GDO
25	1.75	10 Jan 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 110396 km2	GDO
26	1.75	20 Jan 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 110396 km2	GDO
27	1.5	30 Jan 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 110396 km2	GDO
28	1	10 Feb 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 110396 km2	GDO
29	1	20 Feb 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 110396 km2	GDO
30	1	02 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 61329 km2	GDO
31	0.75	10 Mar 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 61329 km2	GDO
32	0.75	20 Mar 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 73634 km2	GDO
33	0.75	30 Mar 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 73634 km2	GDO
34	0.75	10 Apr 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 73634 km2	GDO
35	0.75	20 Apr 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36795 km2	GDO
36	0.75	30 Apr 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 122355 km2	GDO
37	1	10 May 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 527391 km2	GDO
38	1.25	20 May 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 588953 km2	GDO
39	1.25	30 May 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 415852 km2	GDO
40	1.5	10 Jun 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 731108 km2	GDO
41	1.5	20 Jun 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 802336 km2	GDO
42	1.5	30 Jun 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 475838 km2	GDO
43	2	10 Jul 2022 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 512724 km2	GDO
44	2	20 Jul 2022 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 512731 km2	GDO
45	2	30 Jul 2022 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 453616 km2	GDO
46	2	10 Aug 2022 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1054165 km2	GDO
47	2	20 Aug 2022 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1152424 km2	GDO
48	2	30 Aug 2022 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 184055 km2	GDO
49	2	10 Sep 2022 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 171746 km2	GDO
50	2	20 Sep 2022 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 171746 km2	GDO
51	1.75	30 Sep 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1092022 km2	GDO
52	1.5	10 Oct 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 989099 km2	GDO
53	1.5	20 Oct 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 785077 km2	GDO
54	1.5	30 Oct 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 898462 km2	GDO
55	1.5	10 Nov 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 920744 km2	GDO
56	1.5	20 Nov 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 994159 km2	GDO
57	1.5	30 Nov 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1125191 km2	GDO
58	1.75	10 Dec 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1123345 km2	GDO
59	1.75	20 Dec 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1153555 km2	GDO
60	1.5	30 Dec 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 686640 km2	GDO
61	1.5	10 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 779640 km2	GDO
62	1.5	20 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 601106 km2	GDO
63	1.5	30 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 601106 km2	GDO
64	1.5	10 Feb 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 601106 km2	GDO
65	1.5	20 Feb 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 601106 km2	GDO
66	1.5	02 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 582742 km2	GDO
67	1.5	10 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1096385 km2	GDO
68	1.5	20 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1032935 km2	GDO
69	1.25	30 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 560387 km2	GDO
70	1.25	10 Apr 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 468635 km2	GDO
71	1.25	20 Apr 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 468635 km2	GDO
72	1	30 Apr 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 272683 km2	GDO
73	0.75	10 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 195576 km2	GDO
74	0.75	20 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 195576 km2	GDO
75	0.75	30 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 195576 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Tanzania

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Afar	Ethiopia
- Low	Dire Dawa	Ethiopia
- Low	Gambela	Ethiopia
- Low	Hareri	Ethiopia
- Low	SNNPR	Ethiopia
- Low	Awdal	Somalia
- Low	Bakool	Somalia
- Low	Bay	Somalia
- Low	Galgaduud	Somalia
- Low	Gedo	Somalia
- Low	Hiraan	Somalia
- Medium	Juba Hoose	Somalia
- Low	Shabelle Hoose	Somalia
- Low	Juba Dhexe	Somalia
- Low	Shabelle Dhexe	Somalia
- Low	Sanaag	Somalia
- Low	Sool	Somalia
- Low	Togdheer	Somalia
- Low	Woqooyi Galbeed	Somalia
- Low	Eastern Equatoria	South Sudan
- Low	Jonglei	South Sudan
- Medium	Oromia	Ethiopia
- Medium	Somali	Ethiopia
- Low	Coast	Kenya
- Low	Eastern	Kenya
- Low	North Eastern	Kenya

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