Overall Green alert Drought for Venezuela-2025
in Colombia, Venezuela

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1018196
Name: Venezuela-2025
Countries: Colombia, Venezuela
Start Date: End of Sep 2025
Duration: 61 days (at 20 Dec 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 316526 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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),