Overall Green alert Drought for Southwestern Africa-2023
in Namibia, South Africa

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016682
Name: Southwestern Africa-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000269-NAM
Countries: Namibia, South Africa
Start Date: End of Aug 2023
Duration: 429 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44547 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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07/Oct/2024 13:58 UTC

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