Overall Green Drought alert for Eastern Australia-2019 in Australia from 21 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC to 08 Mar 2019 16:17 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Eastern Australia-2019
Countries:	Australia
Start Date:	End of Dec 2018
Duration:	155 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107466 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	1.25	10 Feb 2019 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 230608 km2	GDO
2	1.25	16 Feb 2019 15:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 230608 km2	GDO
3	1.25	08 Mar 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 307362 km2	GDO
4	1.5	15 Mar 2019 17:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 320459 km2	GDO
5	1.5	17 Mar 2019 14:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 479654 km2	GDO
6	1.5	31 Mar 2019 12:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 578407 km2	GDO
7	1.25	05 Apr 2019 09:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 468541 km2	GDO
8	1.25	12 Apr 2019 14:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 422906 km2	GDO
9	1.25	26 Apr 2019 15:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 400730 km2	GDO
10	0.75	08 May 2019 13:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107466 km2	GDO
11	0.75	24 May 2019 09:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107466 km2	GDO
12	0.75	24 May 2019 14:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 107466 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Australia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	New South Wales	Australia
- Medium	Queensland	Australia

More information

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