Overall Green Drought for South America-2023 in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay from 11 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Sep 2025 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for South America-2023

in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 36 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1016449
Name:	South America-2023
Glide number:	DR-2023-000204-BRA
Countries:	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay
Start Date:	Middle of Jun 2023
Duration:	813 days (at 10 Sep 2025)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 557373 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

20/Dec/2024 14:17 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

07/Oct/2024 13:59 UTC

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Analytical report

02/Aug/2024 07:09 UTC

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04/Jan/2024 14:20 UTC

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Daily Maps: ECHO Daily Map of 19 December 2024

19/Dec/2024 15:37 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

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

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