Overall Orange Drought for East Africa-2025
in Kenya, Somalia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 1 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017863
Name: East Africa-2025
Glide number: DR-2025-000148-ETH
Countries: Kenya, Somalia
Start Date: End of May 2025
Duration: -10 days (at 20 May 2025)
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 124167 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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