Overall Green alert Drought for Eastern Australia-2023
in Australia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016677
Name: Eastern Australia-2023
Countries: Australia
Start Date: End of Jul 2023
Duration: 142 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 267246 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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Australia: Temperatures in Sydney climb to nearly 40C as authorities i ... 2023-12-10T15:44+0100.

10 December 2023, 12:50 | Updated: 10 December 2023, 14:22 Australia's southeast sweated through extreme heat on Saturday, with temperatures hitting nearly 40C (104F) in Sydney. One weather station in the city - the capital of New South Wa
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Australia: Temperatures in Sydney climb to nearly 40C as authorities i ... 2023-12-10T15:40+0100.

Australia's southeast sweated through extreme heat on Saturday, with temperatures hitting nearly 40C (104F) in Sydney. One weather station in the city - the capital of New South Wales - recorded temperatures of 38.9C (102F) on Saturday, acc
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Temperatures in Sydney climb to nearly 40C as authorities issue bushfi ... 2023-12-10T15:29+0100.

Australia's southeast sweated through extreme heat on Saturday, with temperatures hitting nearly 40C (104F) in Sydney. One weather station in the city - the capital of New South Wales - recorded temperatures of 38.9C (102F) on Saturday, acc
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Australia swelters through heat wave as bushfire risk grows2023-12-10T10:30+0100.

Sydney, Dec. 10 (BNA): Australia's southeast on Saturday sweated through a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to ban fires in large parts of New South Wales state. The nation's weather forecaster predicted a max
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),