Overall Green Drought alert for Northern Africa-2025 in Algeria, Morocco from 21 Aug 2025 00:00 UTC to 20 Oct 2025 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Northern Africa-2025

in Algeria, Morocco

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	DR 1018094
Name:	Northern Africa-2025
Countries:	Algeria, Morocco
Start Date:	End of Aug 2025
Duration:	51 days (at 20 Oct 2025)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 110824 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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In Algeria un morto e decine di case sommerse per il ciclone Harry 1/20/2026 3:13:00 PM.

ALGERI - Un uomo è morto oggi a causa delle alluvioni provocate dal ciclone mediterraneo denominato ''Harry'', che ha interessato l''ovest dell''Algeria, mentre le forti piogge legate al sistema hanno sommerso decine di abitazioni in divers

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In Algeria un morto e decine di case sommerse per il ciclone Harry 1/20/2026 2:39:00 PM.

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In Algeria un morto e decine di case sommerse per il ciclone Harry 1/20/2026 2:30:00 PM.

Un uomo è morto oggi a causa delle alluvioni provocate dal ciclone mediterraneo denominato ''Harry'', che ha interessato l''ovest dell''Algeria, mentre le forti piogge legate al sistema hanno sommerso decine di abitazioni in diverse zone de

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Meteo Umbria: l’inverno resta al palo. Temperature miti e siccità. Da .. 1/16/2026 10:21:00 AM.

di Giovanni Cardarello. Prosegue anche per il fine settimana che sta per iniziare quella tipologia di meteo ‘senza infamia e senza lode’ che sta caratterizzando questa parte di gennaio in Umbria. Nonostante il calendario segni pieno inverno

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