Overall Orange Drought alert for Hispaniola-2019 in Dominican Republic, Haiti from 21 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC to 10 Feb 2019 10:07 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Hispaniola-2019

in Dominican Republic, Haiti

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Hispaniola-2019
Countries:	Dominican Republic, Haiti
Start Date:	End of Nov 2018
Duration:	135 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48483 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	1.5	10 Feb 2019 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48483 km2	GDO
2	1.5	16 Feb 2019 15:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48483 km2	GDO
3	1.5	08 Mar 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48483 km2	GDO
4	1.5	15 Mar 2019 17:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48483 km2	GDO
5	1.75	17 Mar 2019 14:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48483 km2	GDO
6	1.75	31 Mar 2019 12:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48483 km2	GDO
7	1.75	05 Apr 2019 09:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 48483 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Dominican Republic
Haiti

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic
- Medium	Haiti	Haiti

More information

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