Overall Orange Drought for South America-2023 in Brazil from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 Oct 2025 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for South America-2023

in Brazil

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 37 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:	Brazil
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	1106 days (at 10 Oct 2025)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1453101 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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A resident of a riverside community carries food and containers of drinking water after being distributed due to the ongoing drought in Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 24, 2023.

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20/Dec/2024 14:17 UTC

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07/Oct/2024 13:59 UTC

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02/Aug/2024 07:09 UTC

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04/Jan/2024 14:20 UTC

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19/Dec/2024 15:37 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),

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