Overall Orange alert Drought for Middle East, Central Asia-2024
in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Israel, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan

Event summary

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

Name: Middle East, Central Asia-2024
Countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Israel, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan
Start Date: End of Oct 2024
Duration: 315 days (at 10 Sep 2025)
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 686103 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2025-03-01, this event integrated the drought event Iran, Turkmenistan-2025.
In the 2025-03-11 ten-day period this event integrated the part of the drought event Turkiye-2023 located in central Turkiye
As of 2025-06-01, this event integrated the drought event Central Asia-2025.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateDescription impactSource
1 0.5 10 Jan 2025 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 147626 km2 GDO
2 0.5 20 Jan 2025 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 147626 km2 GDO
3 0.75 30 Jan 2025 00:00 Minor impact for agricultural drought in 188253 km2 GDO
4 1 10 Feb 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 319192 km2 GDO
5 1.25 20 Feb 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 370840 km2 GDO
6 1.25 02 Mar 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 359075 km2 GDO
7 1.25 10 Mar 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1026497 km2 GDO
8 1.25 20 Mar 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1270791 km2 GDO
9 1.25 30 Mar 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1066548 km2 GDO
10 1.25 10 Apr 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1322276 km2 GDO
11 1.25 20 Apr 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1347089 km2 GDO
12 1.25 30 Apr 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 884485 km2 GDO
13 1.25 10 May 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 893758 km2 GDO
14 1.25 20 May 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 903572 km2 GDO
15 1.25 30 May 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 678423 km2 GDO
16 1.25 10 Jun 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1607534 km2 GDO
17 1.25 20 Jun 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1610919 km2 GDO
18 1.25 30 Jun 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1218283 km2 GDO
19 1.25 10 Jul 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1430093 km2 GDO
20 1.25 20 Jul 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1468985 km2 GDO
21 1.25 30 Jul 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 821562 km2 GDO
22 1.25 10 Aug 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1099121 km2 GDO
23 1.25 20 Aug 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1281491 km2 GDO
24 1.25 30 Aug 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 383622 km2 GDO
25 1.25 10 Sep 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 628505 km2 GDO
26 1.25 20 Sep 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 700989 km2 GDO
27 1.25 30 Sep 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 338968 km2 GDO
28 1.25 10 Oct 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 475473 km2 GDO
29 1 15 Nov 2025 00:00 Medium impact for agricultural drought in 686103 km2 GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Armenia
Azerbaijan
China
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Syria
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan


Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri Name Country
- High Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
- High Tajikistan Tajikistan
- High Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu China
- High Khorasan Iran
- Medium Mazandaran Iran
- High Semnan Iran
- High Almatinskaya Kazakhstan
- High Jambylslkaya Kazakhstan
- Medium Kyzylordinskaya Kazakhstan
- Medium Mangistauskaya Kazakhstan
- Medium Vostochno-kazachstanskaya Kazakhstan
- High Yujno-kazachstanskaya Kazakhstan
- Medium Aleppo Syria
- Low Dayr_Az_Zor Syria
- Low Hassakeh Syria
- Medium Idleb Syria
- Low Raqqa Syria
- Medium Adana Turkey
- Medium Adiyaman Turkey
- Medium Aksaray Turkey
- Medium Antalya Turkey
- Medium Gaziantep Turkey
- Medium Hatay Turkey
- Medium Icel Turkey
- Medium K.maras Turkey
- Medium Karaman Turkey
- Medium Kayseri Turkey
- Medium Kilis Turkey
- Medium Konya Turkey
- Medium Malatya Turkey
- Medium Nigde Turkey
- Medium Osmaniye Turkey
- Medium Sanliurfa Turkey
- Medium Sivas Turkey
- Medium Tashauz Turkmenistan
- Medium Andijan Uzbekistan
- Medium Fergana Uzbekistan
- Medium Karakalpakstan Uzbekistan
- High Namangan Uzbekistan
- Medium Sirdarya Uzbekistan
- High Tashkent Uzbekistan
- High Golestan Iran
- Medium Almaty City area Kazakhstan
- Medium Jizzakh Uzbekistan
- Medium Navoiy Uzbekistan
- Medium Tashkent city Uzbekistan
- Medium Balkan Turkmenistan
- Medium Ahal Turkmenistan
- Medium Armenia Armenia
- High Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
- High East Azarbayejan Iran
- Medium Gilan Iran
- Medium Tehran Iran
- High West Azarbayejan Iran
- Medium Zanjan Iran
- Medium Agri Turkey
- Medium Artvin Turkey
- Medium Bayburt Turkey
- Medium Bitlis Turkey
- Medium Elazig Turkey
- Medium Erzincan Turkey
- Medium Erzurum Turkey
- Medium Giresun Turkey
- Medium Gumushane Turkey
- Medium Igdir Turkey
- Medium Kars Turkey
- Medium Mus Turkey
- Medium Ordu Turkey
- Medium Rize Turkey
- Medium Tokat Turkey
- Medium Trabzon Turkey
- Medium Tunceli Turkey
- Medium Van Turkey
- Medium Ardebil Iran
- Medium Ghazvin Iran

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