Overall Orange alert Drought for Central America, Mexico-2024
in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 5 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016963
Name: Central America, Mexico-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000076-BLZ
Countries: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Start Date: End of Feb 2024
Duration: 204 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 247093 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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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),