Overall Green Drought alert for Zambia, Congo-2021 in Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia from 21 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 10 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Zambia, Congo-2021
Countries:	Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia
Start Date:	End of Oct 2021
Duration:	255 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48434 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	10 Dec 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 68217 km2	GDO
2	0.75	20 Dec 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 147122 km2	GDO
3	1	30 Dec 2021 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 329824 km2	GDO
4	1	10 Jan 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1083378 km2	GDO
5	1.25	20 Jan 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1095447 km2	GDO
6	1.25	30 Jan 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 504583 km2	GDO
7	1	10 Feb 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 456883 km2	GDO
8	1.25	20 Feb 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 469028 km2	GDO
9	1.25	02 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 274479 km2	GDO
10	1.25	10 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 393028 km2	GDO
11	1.25	20 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 469756 km2	GDO
12	1	20 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 132574 km2	GDO
13	1	30 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 132574 km2	GDO
14	1	10 Apr 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 144262 km2	GDO
15	1	20 Apr 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 180507 km2	GDO
16	1	30 Apr 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 60108 km2	GDO
17	0.75	10 May 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 84325 km2	GDO
18	0.75	20 May 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 84325 km2	GDO
19	0.5	30 May 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48434 km2	GDO
20	0.25	10 Jun 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48434 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
Mozambique
Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Malawi	Malawi
- Medium	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo
- High	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique
- High	Nampula	Mozambique
- High	Niassa	Mozambique
- High	Tete	Mozambique
- High	Zambezia	Mozambique
- High	Central	Zambia
- High	Eastern	Zambia
- Medium	Luapula	Zambia
- Medium	North-Western	Zambia
- High	Northern	Zambia
- Medium	Dodoma	Tanzania
- High	Lindi	Tanzania
- Medium	Manyara	Tanzania
- High	Mbeya	Tanzania
- Medium	Morogoro	Tanzania
- High	Mtwara	Tanzania
- Low	Pwani	Tanzania
- High	Ruvuma	Tanzania
- High	Singida	Tanzania
- High	Tabora	Tanzania
- Low	Tanga	Tanzania
- High	Lago niassa	Mozambique
- Medium	Iringa	Tanzania
- Medium	Katavi	Tanzania
- High	Njombe	Tanzania
- High	Rukwa	Tanzania
- High	Manica	Mozambique
- High	Sofala	Mozambique
- High	Manicaland	Zimbabwe

More information

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