Overall Green alert Drought for Northern Great Plains (Canada, USA)-2023
in Canada, United States

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016298
Name: Northern Great Plains (Canada, USA)-2023
Countries: Canada, United States
Start Date: End of Jan 2023
Duration: 323 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 101411 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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Articles: 750 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Keenan: Men worry less about climate change but should probably worry ... 2023-12-09T18:36+0100.

A Health Canada webpage brings up some subtle male risks of climate change, such as “Floods and droughts may introduce chemical contaminants that have harmful health effects into Canada’s food systems.” Males have plenty to worry about in t
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Keenan: Men worry less about climate change but should probably worry ... 2023-12-09T18:15+0100.

AnotherLancet article, published in 2015, observes that “in developed countries, males comprise approximately 70% of flood disaster fatalities (across studies in which sex was reported.)” The article notes that the converse is true in devel
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Keenan: Men worry less about climate change but should probably worry ... 2023-12-09T17:42+0100.

A Health Canada webpage brings up some subtle male risks of climate change, such as “Floods and droughts may introduce chemical contaminants that have harmful health effects into Canada’s food systems.” Males have plenty to worry about in t
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Greening Practically: Post-COP28 impressions from Ethiopia Citizen-cen ... 2023-12-09T14:44+0100.

But beyond the high expectations of overtopping and the eventual cascade of a white avalanche of water, another glorious site to behold was the forested mountainous islands of the GERD that have formed. The valleys and peaks of each mountai
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),