Overall Green alert Drought for South-West India-2023
in India

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 4 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016597
Name: South-West India-2023
Countries: India
Start Date: Middle of Jun 2023
Duration: 161 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 104704 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), DesInventar (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),