Overall Green alert Drought for Uganda, Tanzania-2025
in Tanzania, Uganda

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1017671
Name: Uganda, Tanzania-2025
Countries: Tanzania, Uganda
Start Date: End of Jan 2025
Duration: 39 days (at 10 Mar 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 49122 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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02/May/2025 14:38 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),