Overall Orange alert Drought for Central South America-2021
in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 33 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1013868
Name: Central South America-2021
Glide number: DR-2021-000178-BOL
Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Start Date: End of Dec 2019
Duration: 1254 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 850846 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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Analytical report

21/Mar/2022 10:02 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

18/Oct/2021 14:30 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Daily Maps:

26/Nov/2021 03:47 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (37), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),