Overall Orange alert Drought for Argentina-2021
in Argentina, Chile

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 11 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1013868
Name: Argentina-2021
Glide number: DR-2021-000178-BOL
Countries: Argentina, Chile
Start Date: End of Jan 2020
Duration: 1547 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 118721 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

14/Jul/2023 13:47 UTC

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Analytical report

21/Mar/2022 10:02 UTC

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Analytical report

18/Oct/2021 14:30 UTC

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26/Nov/2021 03:47 UTC

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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),