Overall Orange Drought for Central America-2019 in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua from 21 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC to 03 Mar 2020 14:37 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for Central America-2019

in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 17 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1012649
Name:	Central America-2019
Countries:	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Start Date:	End of Sep 2018
Duration:	508 days (at 20 Feb 2020)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 113247 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

23/Sep/2019 10:47 UTC

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Analytical report

29/Mar/2019 14:27 UTC

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