Overall Green alert Drought for China-2024
in China

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 1 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017243
Name: China-2024
Countries: China
Start Date: End of Jun 2024
Duration: 89 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 39511 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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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),