Overall Orange Drought alert 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 from 21 Oct 2024 00:00 UTC to 10 Mar 2025 00:00 UTC

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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:	131 days (at 10 Mar 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

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
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
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestina
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
Turkmenistan

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Gaza Strip	Palestina
- Medium	Israel	Israel
- High	Jordan	Jordan
- Medium	Lebanon	Lebanon
- Medium	West Bank	Palestina
- Medium	Kermanshah	Iran
- High	Bushehr	Iran
- Medium	Esfahan	Iran
- High	Fars	Iran
- High	Hamedan	Iran
- Medium	Khorasan	Iran
- High	Hormozgan	Iran
- Medium	Ilam	Iran
- High	Kerman	Iran
- Medium	Khuzestan	Iran
- High	Kohgiluyeh va boyerahma	Iran
- Medium	Kordestan	Iran
- High	Lorestan	Iran
- High	Markazi	Iran
- Medium	Semnan	Iran
- Medium	Tehran	Iran
- Medium	West Azarbayejan	Iran
- Medium	Yazd	Iran
- Medium	Zanjan	Iran
- Medium	Anbar	Iraq
- Medium	Erbil	Iraq
- Medium	Kirkuk	Iraq
- Medium	Dahuk	Iraq
- Medium	Diyala	Iraq
- Medium	Missan	Iraq
- High	Ninewa	Iraq
- Medium	Salah al-Din	Iraq
- Medium	Sulaymaniyah	Iraq
- Medium	Wassit	Iraq
- Medium	Jawf	Saudi Arabia
- Medium	Al_Qunaytirah	Syria
- High	Aleppo	Syria
- High	As_Suweida	Syria
- Medium	City_Damascus	Syria
- High	Damascus	Syria
- High	Dara	Syria
- Medium	Dayr_Az_Zor	Syria
- High	Hama	Syria
- High	Hassakeh	Syria
- High	Homs	Syria
- High	Idleb	Syria
- Medium	Lattakia	Syria
- Medium	Raqqa	Syria
- Medium	Tartous	Syria
- Medium	Adana	Turkey
- Medium	Adiyaman	Turkey
- Medium	Batman	Turkey
- Medium	Diyarbakir	Turkey
- High	Gaziantep	Turkey
- Medium	Hakkari	Turkey
- Medium	Hatay	Turkey
- Medium	K.maras	Turkey
- Low	Kayseri	Turkey
- High	Kilis	Turkey
- Medium	Malatya	Turkey
- Medium	Mardin	Turkey
- Medium	Osmaniye	Turkey
- High	Sanliurfa	Turkey
- Low	Sivas	Turkey
- Medium	Golestan	Iran
- Medium	Ghazvin	Iran
- Medium	Ghom	Iran
- Medium	Alexandria	Egypt
- Medium	Behera	Egypt
- Medium	Cairo	Egypt
- Medium	Dakahlia	Egypt
- Medium	Damietta	Egypt
- Medium	Gharbia	Egypt
- Medium	Giza	Egypt
- Medium	Ismailia	Egypt
- Medium	Kafr El-Shikh	Egypt
- Medium	Kalyoubia	Egypt
- Medium	Matrouh	Egypt
- Medium	Menoufia	Egypt
- Medium	North Sinai	Egypt
- Medium	Red Sea	Egypt
- Medium	Shrkia	Egypt
- Medium	South Sinai	Egypt
- Medium	Suez	Egypt
- Medium	Balkan	Turkmenistan

More information

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