Overall Orange alert Drought for South America-2023
in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela

Event summary

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

Name: South America-2023
Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela
Start Date: End of Sep 2022
Duration: 746 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 4169973 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2023-12-01, this event integrated the drought event Bolivia-2023.
As of 2023-12-11, this event integrated the drought event East Brazil-2023.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateDescription impactSource
1 0.5 20 Aug 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 157365 km2 GDO
2 0.5 30 Aug 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 218763 km2 GDO
3 0.5 10 Sep 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 497569 km2 GDO
4 0.5 20 Sep 2023 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 748929 km2 GDO
5 1 30 Sep 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 915400 km2 GDO
6 1.25 10 Oct 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1033160 km2 GDO
7 1.25 20 Oct 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1143728 km2 GDO
8 1.25 30 Oct 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 910660 km2 GDO
9 1.25 10 Nov 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1392133 km2 GDO
10 1.5 20 Nov 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1494890 km2 GDO
11 1.5 30 Nov 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 951694 km2 GDO
12 1.5 10 Dec 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2804939 km2 GDO
13 1.5 20 Dec 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 3275449 km2 GDO
14 1.5 30 Dec 2023 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2813023 km2 GDO
15 1.5 10 Jan 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 3383284 km2 GDO
16 1.5 20 Jan 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 3213408 km2 GDO
17 1.5 30 Jan 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2232732 km2 GDO
18 1.5 10 Feb 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2416175 km2 GDO
19 1.5 20 Feb 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2542619 km2 GDO
20 1.5 01 Mar 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1956952 km2 GDO
21 1.5 10 Mar 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2132795 km2 GDO
22 1.5 20 Mar 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2109668 km2 GDO
23 1.5 30 Mar 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1747925 km2 GDO
24 1.5 10 Apr 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2152280 km2 GDO
25 1.5 20 Apr 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2198417 km2 GDO
26 1.25 30 Apr 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 942991 km2 GDO
27 1.25 10 May 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 948781 km2 GDO
28 1.25 20 May 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 959881 km2 GDO
29 1.25 30 May 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 794768 km2 GDO
30 1.25 10 Jun 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1382440 km2 GDO
31 1.25 20 Jun 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1750872 km2 GDO
32 1.25 30 Jun 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1223312 km2 GDO
33 1.25 10 Jul 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1375818 km2 GDO
34 1.25 20 Jul 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1509735 km2 GDO
35 1.25 30 Jul 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1745043 km2 GDO
36 1.25 10 Aug 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 3350239 km2 GDO
37 1.25 06 Oct 2024 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 4169973 km2 GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela


Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri Name Country
- Medium Paraguay Paraguay
- Medium Chaco Argentina
- Medium Formosa Argentina
- Medium Santiago Del Estero Argentina
- Low Pando Bolivia
- Medium Amazonas Brazil
- Medium Goias, Distrito Federal Brazil
- Medium Maranhao Brazil
- Medium Mato Grosso Brazil
- Medium Mato Grosso Do Sul Brazil
- Medium Minas Gerais Brazil
- Medium Para Brazil
- Medium Parana Brazil
- Medium Rondonia Brazil
- Medium Sao Paulo Brazil
- Medium Tocantins Brazil
- Medium Beni Bolivia
- Low La Paz Bolivia
- High Santa Cruz Bolivia
- Low Huánuco Peru
- Low Loreto Peru
- Low San Martín Peru
- Low Ucayali Peru
- Medium Guyana Guyana
- Medium Roraima Brazil
- Low Amazonas Colombia
- Low Loreto Peru
- Medium Guyana Guyana
- Medium Suriname Suriname
- Low Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
- Medium Anzoategui Venezuela
- Medium Bolivar Venezuela
- Medium Delta Amacuro Venezuela
- Medium Monagas Venezuela
- Low Sucre Venezuela
- Medium Chuquisaca Bolivia
- Medium Tarija Bolivia
- Low Amapa Brazil

More information

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