Overall Green Drought alert for Northern Africa-2022 in Algeria, Morocco from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 Apr 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Northern Africa-2022

in Algeria, Morocco

Event summary

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

Name:	Northern Africa-2022
Countries:	Algeria, Morocco
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	417 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 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	20 Nov 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 116137 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Nov 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 94954 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Dec 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 262464 km2	GDO
4	1	20 Dec 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 262464 km2	GDO
5	1	30 Dec 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 179121 km2	GDO
6	1.25	10 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 266510 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 266765 km2	GDO
8	1.25	30 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 225604 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Feb 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 547022 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Feb 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 557962 km2	GDO
11	1.25	02 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 180195 km2	GDO
12	1.25	10 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 210777 km2	GDO
13	1.25	20 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 210777 km2	GDO
14	1.25	30 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 172373 km2	GDO
15	1.25	10 Apr 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 319316 km2	GDO
16	1.25	20 Apr 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 374737 km2	GDO
17	1.5	30 Apr 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 304150 km2	GDO
18	1.75	10 May 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 554510 km2	GDO
19	1.75	20 May 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 570148 km2	GDO
20	1.75	30 May 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 348214 km2	GDO
21	1.75	10 Jun 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 292252 km2	GDO
22	1.75	20 Jun 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 272119 km2	GDO
23	1.5	30 Jun 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
24	1.25	10 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
25	1	20 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
26	0.75	30 Jul 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
27	0.5	10 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
28	0.25	20 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
29	0.25	30 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
30	0.25	10 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
31	0.25	20 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
32	0.25	30 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO
33	0.25	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 21594 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Spain
Tunisia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Tunisia	Tunisia
- Medium	Adrar	Algeria
- High	Annaba	Algeria
- High	Batna	Algeria
- High	Biskra	Algeria
- High	Bordj Bou Arrer	Algeria
- High	Bouira	Algeria
- High	Constantine	Algeria
- High	Djelfa	Algeria
- High	El Bayadh	Algeria
- High	El Oued	Algeria
- High	El-Tarf	Algeria
- Medium	Ghardaia	Algeria
- High	Guelma	Algeria
- High	Khenchela	Algeria
- Medium	Laghouat	Algeria
- High	Mila	Algeria
- High	M'Sila	Algeria
- High	Naama	Algeria
- Medium	Ouargla	Algeria
- High	Oum El Bouaghi	Algeria
- High	Setif	Algeria
- High	Skikda	Algeria
- High	Souk-Ahras	Algeria
- High	Tebessa	Algeria
- High	Tlemcen	Algeria
- High	Oriental	Morocco
- High	Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla	Spain
- High	Fès - Boulemane	Morocco
- High	Taza - Al Hoceima - Taounate	Morocco
- Medium	Al Jufrah	Libya
- Low	Gharyan	Libya
- High	Misurata	Libya
- High	Sawfajjin (sofuljeen)	Libya
- Medium	Surt (sirte)	Libya
- Medium	Zeleitin (zliten)	Libya
- High	Meknès - Tafilalet	Morocco
- High	Chaouia - Ouardigha	Morocco
- High	Doukkala - Abda	Morocco
- Medium	Gharb - Chrarda - Béni Hssen	Morocco
- High	Grand Casablanca	Morocco
- Medium	Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz	Morocco
- High	Rabat - Salé - Zemmour - Zaer	Morocco
- Medium	Souss - Massa - Draâ	Morocco
- Medium	Tadla - Azilal	Morocco
- Medium	Tanger - Tétouan	Morocco

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