Overall Green Drought alert for Nigeria-2023 in Nigeria from 21 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Nigeria-2023

in Nigeria

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	Nigeria-2023
Countries:	Nigeria
Start Date:	End of May 2023
Duration:	241 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 24290 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	0.5	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 194117 km2	GDO
2	0.5	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 218294 km2	GDO
3	0.5	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 145582 km2	GDO
4	0.5	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 182143 km2	GDO
5	0.5	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 206557 km2	GDO
6	0.25	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 72967 km2	GDO
7	0.25	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 97290 km2	GDO
8	0.25	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 24290 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Cameroon
Nigeria

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Nord	Cameroon
- High	Adamawa	Nigeria
- Medium	Benue	Nigeria
- High	Borno	Nigeria
- Medium	Abuja	Nigeria
- High	Jigawa	Nigeria
- High	Kaduna	Nigeria
- High	Kano	Nigeria
- Medium	Niger	Nigeria
- High	Taraba	Nigeria
- High	Yobe	Nigeria
- High	Bauchi	Nigeria
- High	Gombe	Nigeria
- Medium	Nassarawa	Nigeria
- High	Plateau	Nigeria

More information

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