Overall Orange alert Drought for South America-2023
in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 20 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016449
Name: South America-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000204-BRA
Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela
Start Date: End of Sep 2022
Duration: 602 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 942991 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Forest fire in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 16 Feb 2024 15:42

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 828 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

"No hay manera de separar la tragedia ambiental de la cuestión agraria ... 2024-05-14T16:14+0200.

Por Mariángeles Guerrero. Más de 140 personas muertas, otras cientas desaparecidas, municipios evacuados y el 80 por ciento del estado de Río Grande do Sul bajo las aguas. La inundación en el sur de Brasil es considerada la mayor en la hist
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"Uruguay debe buscar alternativa ante sequía; el hecho se repetirá", d ... 2024-05-14T09:28+0200.

Por primera vez en la historia una mujer está al mando de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (WMO). Se trata de la argentina Celeste Saulo (58). En entrevista con El País habló de la situación mundial en cuanto al clima, pero se detuvo e
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Heavy rains in Brazil go away 37 useless2024-05-14T08:23+0200.

SAO PAULO (AP).— Heavy rains within the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil, precipitated the loss of life of 37 individuals and 74 extra are lacking, the state civil safety company reported yesterday on Friday, whereas the Docum
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América Latina sufre fenómenos extremos a causa de El Niño y el cambio ... 2024-05-13T20:20+0200.

Tiempo de lectura estimado: 5 minutos. Sequías, olas de calor, incendios forestales, lluvias torrenciales y huracanes afectaron la salud, la seguridad alimentaria y energética, y el desarrollo económico de los países latinoamericanos y cari
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Analytical report

04/Jan/2024 14:20 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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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),