Overall Orange Drought for New South Wales (Australia)-2018 in Australia from 21 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC to 24 Nov 2018 16:27 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for New South Wales (Australia)-2018

in Australia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 9 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1012191
Name:	New South Wales (Australia)-2018
Countries:	Australia
Start Date:	End of Feb 2018
Duration:	277 days (at 23 Dec 2018)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 142608 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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