Overall Red Drought alert for Eastern Africa-2019 in Kenya from 21 Feb 2019 00:00 UTC to 24 May 2019 14:07 UTC

Event summary

Serious risk of humanitarian impacts for the exposed population.

Name:	Eastern Africa-2019
Countries:	Kenya
Start Date:	End of Feb 2019
Duration:	146 days
Impact:	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 49202 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	2	12 Apr 2019 14:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 122406 km2	GDO
2	2	26 Apr 2019 15:37	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 809778 km2	GDO
3	2	08 May 2019 13:57	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 418017 km2	GDO
4	2.5	24 May 2019 09:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1069933 km2	GDO
5	2.5	24 May 2019 14:07	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 1069933 km2	GDO
6	2.5	09 Jun 2019 15:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 369084 km2	GDO
7	2.5	16 Jun 2019 11:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 381393 km2	GDO
8	2.5	26 Jun 2019 00:00	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 369084 km2	GDO
9	2.5	02 Jul 2019 09:17	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 49202 km2	GDO
10	2	16 Jul 2019 15:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 49202 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Burundi	Burundi
- High	Rwanda	Rwanda
- High	Uganda	Uganda
- High	Orientale	Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Medium	Bakool	Somalia
- High	Bay	Somalia
- High	Banadir	Somalia
- Low	Galgaduud	Somalia
- High	Gedo	Somalia
- Medium	Hiraan	Somalia
- High	Juba Hoose	Somalia
- High	Shabelle Hoose	Somalia
- High	Juba Dhexe	Somalia
- Low	Shabelle Dhexe	Somalia
- High	Central Equatoria	South Sudan
- High	Eastern Equatoria	South Sudan
- Medium	Western Equatoria	South Sudan
- High	Oromia	Ethiopia
- High	Somali	Ethiopia
- High	Arusha	Tanzania
- High	Kigoma	Tanzania
- High	Kilimanjaro	Tanzania
- High	Manyara	Tanzania
- High	Mara	Tanzania
- High	Kaskazini Pemba	Tanzania
- High	Tanga	Tanzania
- High	Central	Kenya
- High	Coast	Kenya
- High	Eastern	Kenya
- High	Nairobi	Kenya
- High	North Eastern	Kenya
- High	Nyanza	Kenya
- High	Rift Valley	Kenya
- High	Western	Kenya
- High	Kagera	Tanzania
- Low	Simiyu	Tanzania

More information

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