Overall Red alert Drought for Zambezi Basin-2018
in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1012728
Name: Zambezi Basin-2018
Countries: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date: End of Oct 2018
Duration: 521 days
Impact: Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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piaga continentale 3/27/2020 5:01:00 AM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

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Analytical report

13/Feb/2020 15:27 UTC

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Analytical report

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Analytical report

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Analytical report

31/Jul/2019 15:27 UTC

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Analytical report

24/Jan/2019 09:37 UTC

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Daily Maps:

24/Jan/2020 02:44 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),