Overall Green alert Drought for South Sudan, Uganda-2023
in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016544
Name: South Sudan, Uganda-2023
Countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda
Start Date: End of Jul 2023
Duration: 68 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 245056 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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Articles: 29 | XAbout casualties: 0 | Last hour: 2

A Conselice un incontro del Pd locale su agricoltura sostenibile contr ... 2023-09-27T09:49+0200.

Le alluvioni di maggio ed il fortunale di luglio, che hanno devastato i territori della Romagna e della Bassa Romagna, hanno mostrato vividamente come l’agricoltura sia fortemente esposta all’impatto dell’aumento delle temperature globali :
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A Conselice un incontro del Pd locale su agricoltura sostenibile contr ... 2023-09-27T09:40+0200.

Le alluvioni di maggio ed il fortunale di luglio, che hanno devastato i territori della Romagna e della Bassa Romagna, hanno mostrato vividamente come l’agricoltura sia fortemente esposta all’impatto dell’aumento delle temperature globali :
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New analysis confirms world seeing an upsurge of cholera2023-09-26T18:18+0200.

Comprehensive cholera statistics for 2022, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), shed light on the scale and extent of the ongoing cholera upsurge. While data for cholera remain inadequate, cases reported to WHO in 2022 were mor
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UN’s Guidance to Safeguard Children From Climate Change Effects2023-09-26T13:32+0200.

Children are also impacted and vulnerable to climate change, and governments must protect them against it. On 28 August 2023, the United Nations Child Rights Committee released an authoritative guidance known as General Comment No. 26 that
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),