Overall Green alert Drought for Iran, Turkmenistan-2025
in Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkmenistan

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017594
Name: Iran, Turkmenistan-2025
Countries: Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkmenistan
Start Date: End of Nov 2024
Duration: 72 days (at 10 Feb 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 527384 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), INFORM (2),