Overall Green alert Drought for Central America-2025
in The Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017904
Name: Central America-2025
Countries: The Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Start Date: End of Mar 2025
Duration: 194 days (at 10 Oct 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 142279 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Latest media headlines

Caraibi devastati dall''uragano Melissa: sale il numero delle vittime 10/31/2025 12:14:00 PM.

L'' uragano Melissa , una delle tempeste più potenti mai registrate, ha lasciato una vasta scia di devastazione in gran parte dei Caraibi settentrionali, colpendo Giamaica, Cuba e Haiti. Il bilancio delle vittime dell''uragano è salito a 49
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How could sea water help save us from drought? 10/31/2025 6:55:00 AM.

Our demand for water is on course to outstrip supply within 25 years, according to government forecasts. So is turning seawater into drinking water a solution for the South West? While some countries rely on the process known as desalinatio
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L''uragano Melissa si dirige verso la Giamaica 10/27/2025 9:49:00 AM.

, potrebbe raggiungere la categoria 5 e sarà l''evento più violento mai registrato nello Stato insulare caraibico. L''uragano Melissa , che dovrebbe abbattersi sulla Giamaica lunedì sera o martedì mattina, è destinato a raggiungere la cate
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Hurricane Humberto to bring torrential rain this weekend 9/30/2025 7:05:00 AM.

But the Met Office has warned the alert could cover much of the UK from Friday with cyclones Humberto and Imelda currently battering the Atlantic. Remnants from the twin hurricanes - which have caused schools to close in the Bahamas and wit
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),