Overall Green alert Drought for North-West Australia-2024
in Australia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 4 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016955
Name: North-West Australia-2024
Countries: Australia
Start Date: Middle of Jan 2024
Duration: 118 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 215168 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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World sweltered as April smashed global heat records2024-05-08T06:49+0200.

April marked another "remarkable" month of record-breaking global air and sea surface temperature averages, according to a new report by the EU's climate monitor published on Wednesday. The abnormally warm conditions came despite the conti
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April 2024 warmest ever due to record heat: European climate agency2024-05-08T05:17+0200.

The world experienced the warmest April ever, with record heat, rain, and flooding crippling normal life in many countries, according to new data released on Wednesday. It was also the 11th consecutive month of record-high temperatures, a r
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World sweltered as April smashed global heat records2024-05-08T05:13+0200.

PARIS, May 8, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - April marked another "remarkable" month of record-breaking global air and sea surface temperature averages, according to a new report by the EU's climate monitor published on Wednesday. The abnormally warm con
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April 2024 Hottest On Record As Global Heat Rises, Say Scientists2024-05-08T05:02+0200.

Paris: April marked another "remarkable" month of record-breaking global air and sea surface temperature averages, according to a new report by the EU's climate monitor published on Wednesday. The abnormally warm conditions came despite the
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),