Overall Green alert Drought for Mainland Southeast Asia-2019
in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1012806
Name: Mainland Southeast Asia-2019
Countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Start Date: End of Nov 2018
Duration: 699 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 206060 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

18/Mar/2020 17:00 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

09/Jul/2019 11:27 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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