Overall Green alert Drought for Western Africa-2024
in Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Togo

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016960
Name: Western Africa-2024
Countries: Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Togo
Start Date: End of Feb 2024
Duration: 245 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 287429 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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07/Oct/2024 13:59 UTC

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