Overall Green Drought alert for Western Africa-2024 in Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Togo from 21 Feb 2024 00:00 UTC to 10 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Western Africa-2024

in Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Togo

Event summary

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

Name:	Western Africa-2024
Countries:	Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Togo
Start Date:	End of Feb 2024
Duration:	235 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 275320 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 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109463 km2	GDO
2	0.5	20 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 145930 km2	GDO
3	0.25	30 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36467 km2	GDO
4	0.25	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 157661 km2	GDO
5	0.5	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 194019 km2	GDO
6	0.5	30 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 84974 km2	GDO
7	0.5	10 Jul 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 60684 km2	GDO
8	0.25	20 Jul 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48539 km2	GDO
9	0.5	30 Jul 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 141210 km2	GDO
10	0.5	10 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 287418 km2	GDO
11	0.5	20 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 324049 km2	GDO
12	0.5	30 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 202262 km2	GDO
13	0.5	13 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 275320 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Liberia	Liberia
- Medium	Eastern	Sierra Leone
- High	Northern	Sierra Leone
- High	Southern	Sierra Leone
- Medium	Western Area	Sierra Leone
- High	Boke	Guinea
- High	Conakry	Guinea
- High	Kindia	Guinea
- High	Mamou	Guinea
- Medium	Bas Sassandra	Côte d'Ivoire

More information

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