Overall Green alert Drought for Mexico, Western USA-2024
in Mexico, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016963
Name: Mexico, Western USA-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000076-BLZ
Countries: Mexico, United States
Start Date: End of Feb 2025
Duration: 232 days (at 20 Oct 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 80742 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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),