Overall Green Drought for Zambia-Angola-2023 in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia from 21 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for Zambia-Angola-2023

in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia

Event summary

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

Name:	Zambia-Angola-2023
Countries:	Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia
Start Date:	End of Aug 2023
Duration:	599 days (at 20 Apr 2025)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36162 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Upon 2025-02-01, this event was previously including the drought event Southern Africa-2025.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44270 km2	GDO
2	0.5	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 55315 km2	GDO
3	0.5	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 515100 km2	GDO
4	0.5	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 101618 km2	GDO
5	0.5	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 89943 km2	GDO
6	0.5	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 101492 km2	GDO
7	0.5	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 79497 km2	GDO
8	0.5	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 79497 km2	GDO
9	0.5	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
10	0.25	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
11	0.25	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
12	0.25	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
13	0.75	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
14	0.75	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
15	0.75	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
16	0.75	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
17	1	10 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 55774 km2	GDO
18	1	20 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 98638 km2	GDO
19	1	30 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 87685 km2	GDO
20	1	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 143990 km2	GDO
21	1.25	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 143990 km2	GDO
22	1.25	30 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 88395 km2	GDO
23	1.25	10 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 88395 km2	GDO
24	1.25	20 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 88395 km2	GDO
25	1	30 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 33320 km2	GDO
26	0.75	10 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44366 km2	GDO
27	0.5	20 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44366 km2	GDO
28	0.5	30 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 33320 km2	GDO
29	0.5	10 Sep 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44547 km2	GDO
30	0.5	25 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44547 km2	GDO
31	0.25	30 Sep 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 11138 km2	GDO
32	0.25	10 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 11138 km2	GDO
33	0.25	20 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 11138 km2	GDO
34	0.25	30 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 11138 km2	GDO
35	0.5	17 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 99770 km2	GDO
36	0.5	18 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 99770 km2	GDO
37	0.75	30 Nov 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 490415 km2	GDO
38	1	10 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 735275 km2	GDO
39	1.25	20 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 803978 km2	GDO
40	1.25	30 Dec 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 308004 km2	GDO
41	1.5	10 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1291578 km2	GDO
42	1.5	20 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1357264 km2	GDO
43	1.5	30 Jan 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 565495 km2	GDO
44	1.5	10 Feb 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 788850 km2	GDO
45	1.5	20 Feb 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 681111 km2	GDO
46	1.25	02 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 156053 km2	GDO
47	1.25	10 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 192124 km2	GDO
48	1.25	20 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 325016 km2	GDO
49	1	30 Mar 2025 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 24093 km2	GDO
50	0.75	10 Apr 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 24093 km2	GDO
51	0.5	20 Apr 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36162 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Lunda Sul	Angola
- Medium	Moxico	Angola
- Low	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Low	North-Western	Zambia

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