Overall Green Drought alert for Iberian Peninsula-2019 in Spain, Portugal from 21 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC to 05 Apr 2019 09:27 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Iberian Peninsula-2019

in Spain, Portugal

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	Iberian Peninsula-2019
Countries:	Spain, Portugal
Start Date:	End of Feb 2019
Duration:	65 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 116015 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	0.25	31 Mar 2019 12:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 142251 km2	GDO
2	0.5	05 Apr 2019 09:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 126370 km2	GDO
3	0.5	12 Apr 2019 14:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 126370 km2	GDO
4	0.5	26 Apr 2019 15:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 116015 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Portugal
Spain

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Portugal	Portugal
- High	Andalucía	Spain
- Medium	Aragón	Spain
- Low	Castilla y León	Spain
- Medium	Castilla-La Mancha	Spain
- Medium	Comunitat Valenciana	Spain
- Medium	Extremadura	Spain
- Medium	Comunidad de Madrid	Spain
- Medium	Región de Murcia	Spain

More information

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