Overall Green Drought for South America-2023 in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay from 11 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for South America-2023

in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 23 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1016449
Name:	South America-2023
Glide number:	DR-2023-000204-BRA
Countries:	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay
Start Date:	Middle of Jun 2023
Duration:	406 days (at 30 Jul 2024)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 370155 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),

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