Overall Orange alert Drought for Northern South America-2023
in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 13 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016449
Name: Northern South America-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000204-BRA
Countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Start Date: End of Sep 2022
Duration: 445 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1392133 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: 334 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Desertification crisis demands world’s attention2023-12-10T19:44+0100.

As the COP28 climate change summit progresses in Dubai, one can only hope that negotiators from various parts of the world have taken note of a report released at the beginning of the conference warning the world about the rapid rise in des
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Deforestation falls for 8th straight month in the Amazon rainforest, b ... 2023-12-09T00:37+0100.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has decreased for the eighth consecutive month, but damage is rising in the cerrado, a tropical woody grassland that’s adjacent to Earth’s largest rainforest. According to data released today by Brazil’
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Unprecedented drought in the Amazon threatens to release huge stores o ... 2023-12-08T15:14+0100.

Disclosure statement. Philip Fearnside does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appo
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Urban Anti-Flooding Strategies in Latin American Cities2023-12-08T11:12+0100.

In several cities in Brazil, the amount of rainfall has already surpassed the total accumulated for the rest of the year. Flooding, inundations, and landslides are commonplace news in regional newspapers. In this chaotic scenario, a study p
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),