Overall Green Drought for Central-Western Europe-2020 in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands from 21 Mar 2020 00:00 UTC to 02 Jun 2020 16:37 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for Central-Western Europe-2020

in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID	DR 1014038
Name:	Central-Western Europe-2020
Countries:	Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Start Date:	End of Mar 2020
Duration:	51 days (at 20 May 2020)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 362827 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

21/Sep/2020 16:47 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

17/Jun/2020 16:37 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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