Overall Green Drought for Sudan-South Sudan-2024
in Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1017360
Name: Sudan-South Sudan-2024
Countries: Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan
Start Date: End of Aug 2024
Duration: 41 days (at 10 Oct 2024)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109300 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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28/Oct/2024 14:09 UTC

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