Overall Green alert Drought for China-2024
in China

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 16 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017173
Name: China-2024
Countries: China
Start Date: End of May 2024
Duration: 468 days (at 10 Sep 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 104631 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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31/Oct/2024 14:22 UTC

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28/Oct/2024 14:10 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),