Overall Orange Drought for Central America-2018 in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico from 21 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC to 29 Aug 2018 15:17 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for Central America-2018

in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico

Event summary

Drought Central America-2018 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the , exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	DR 1012475
Name:	Central America-2018
Countries:	Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Start Date:	End of Jul 2018
Duration:	40 days (at 28 Sep 2018)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 113927 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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