Overall Green Drought alert for Western Africa-2024 in Guinea, Sierra Leone from 21 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC to 30 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Western Africa-2024

in Guinea, Sierra Leone

Event summary

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

Name:	Western Africa-2024
Countries:	Guinea, Sierra Leone
Start Date:	End of Nov 2024
Duration:	-31 days (at 30 Oct 2024)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44186 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	10 Sep 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 275320 km2	GDO
14	0.5	25 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 287429 km2	GDO
15	0.5	30 Sep 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 219495 km2	GDO
16	0.25	10 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 355427 km2	GDO
17	0.25	20 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 294621 km2	GDO
18	0.25	30 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 97756 km2	GDO
19	0.25	17 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48878 km2	GDO
20	0.25	18 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48878 km2	GDO
21	0.25	30 Nov 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 24413 km2	GDO
22	0.25	10 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 12207 km2	GDO
23	0.5	20 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 66013 km2	GDO
24	0.5	30 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48218 km2	GDO
25	0.5	10 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 84718 km2	GDO
26	0.5	20 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 84718 km2	GDO
27	0.5	30 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 72540 km2	GDO
28	0.5	10 Feb 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 182117 km2	GDO
29	0.5	20 Feb 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 121203 km2	GDO
30	0.25	02 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 84703 km2	GDO
31	0.25	10 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 104520 km2	GDO
32	0.25	20 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44186 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Liberia	Liberia
- Low	Atakora	Benin
- Low	Donga	Benin
- Medium	Zanzan	Côte d'Ivoire
- High	Ashanti	Ghana
- High	Brong Ahafo	Ghana
- High	Central	Ghana
- Medium	Eastern	Ghana
- Medium	Greater Accra	Ghana
- High	Northern	Ghana
- Medium	Upper West	Ghana
- Medium	Volta	Ghana
- High	Western	Ghana
- High	Centrale	Togo
- High	Kara	Togo
- Medium	Maritime	Togo
- Medium	Plateaux	Togo
- High	Savanes	Togo
- High	Comoe	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	District autonome de Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	District autonome de Yamoussoukro	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	Gôh-Djiboua	Côte d'Ivoire
- High	Lacs	Côte d'Ivoire
- High	Lagunes	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	Montagnes	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	Sassandra-Marahoue	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	Woroba	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	Bas Sassandra	Côte d'Ivoire

More information

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