Overall Green Drought alert for Eastern Gulf of Guinea, Congo Basin-2024 in Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea from 21 Feb 2024 00:00 UTC to 20 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Eastern Gulf of Guinea, Congo Basin-2024

in Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea

Event summary

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

Name:	Eastern Gulf of Guinea, Congo Basin-2024
Countries:	Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
Start Date:	End of Feb 2024
Duration:	80 days (at 20 May 2024)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 209132 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2024-10-01, this event integrated the drought event Congo Basin-2024.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.25	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109391 km2	GDO
2	0.25	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36693 km2	GDO
3	0.5	10 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 61132 km2	GDO
4	0.5	20 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 61132 km2	GDO
5	0.25	30 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 48925 km2	GDO
6	0.25	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 170810 km2	GDO
7	0.25	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 207529 km2	GDO
8	0.25	30 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 195271 km2	GDO
9	0.25	10 Jul 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 328675 km2	GDO
10	0.25	20 Jul 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 340783 km2	GDO
11	0.25	30 Jul 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 365033 km2	GDO
12	0.25	10 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 377196 km2	GDO
13	0.25	20 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 389501 km2	GDO
14	0.5	30 Aug 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 320044 km2	GDO
15	0.5	10 Sep 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 429559 km2	GDO
16	0.5	25 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 429559 km2	GDO
17	0.75	30 Sep 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 332549 km2	GDO
18	0.75	10 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1202269 km2	GDO
19	0.75	20 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1015355 km2	GDO
20	0.75	30 Oct 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 768488 km2	GDO
21	0.75	17 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 319177 km2	GDO
22	0.75	18 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 319177 km2	GDO
23	0.5	30 Nov 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 184783 km2	GDO
24	0.5	10 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 140370 km2	GDO
25	0.75	20 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 194610 km2	GDO
26	0.75	30 Dec 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 194610 km2	GDO
27	0.5	10 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 152371 km2	GDO
28	0.5	20 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 152371 km2	GDO
29	0.5	30 Jan 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 176919 km2	GDO
30	0.5	10 Feb 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 250947 km2	GDO
31	0.5	20 Feb 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 250951 km2	GDO
32	0.5	02 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 201799 km2	GDO
33	0.5	10 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 195739 km2	GDO
34	0.5	20 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 150633 km2	GDO
35	0.5	30 Mar 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 150633 km2	GDO
36	0.5	10 Apr 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 150633 km2	GDO
37	0.5	20 Apr 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 122931 km2	GDO
38	0.5	30 Apr 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 122982 km2	GDO
39	0.5	10 May 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 233743 km2	GDO
40	0.25	20 May 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 209132 km2	GDO
41	0.25	19 Jun 2025 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 209132 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Nigeria

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Anambra	Nigeria
- Medium	Benue	Nigeria
- Medium	Cross River	Nigeria
- Medium	Delta	Nigeria
- Medium	Edo	Nigeria
- Low	Imo	Nigeria
- Medium	Kogi	Nigeria
- Low	Bayelsa	Nigeria
- Medium	Ebonyi	Nigeria
- Medium	Enugu	Nigeria
- Medium	Nassarawa	Nigeria
- Medium	Ondo	Nigeria
- Low	Rivers	Nigeria

More information

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