Overall Green alert Drought for Colombia-2023
in Colombia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 12 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016315
Name: Colombia-2023
Glide number: DR-2024-000013-COL
Countries: Colombia
Start Date: End of Apr 2023
Duration: 423 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 110498 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Los indicadores climáticos de América Latina y el Caribe2024-06-15T17:12+0200.

El 2023 fue el año más cálido registrado en América Latina y el Caribe como consecuencia de estar afectada doblemente por el fenómeno de El Niño y los efectos del cambio climático a largo plazo, según se indica en un nuevo informe de la Org
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Colombia: Droughts - DREF Operational Update: MDRCO0252024-06-14T19:20+0200.

Date when the trigger was met 27-01-2024 What happened, where and when? On 27 January 2024, by Decree No. 037, the Government of Colombia declared a National Disaster Situation for a period of 12 months, due to the impact of the "El Niño" p
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),