Overall Red Drought alert for Zimbabwe-2019 in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe from 21 Mar 2019 00:00 UTC to 16 Jul 2019 15:27 UTC

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Overall Red alert Drought for Zimbabwe-2019

in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Event summary

Serious risk of humanitarian impacts for the exposed population.

Name:	Zimbabwe-2019
Countries:	Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Start Date:	End of Mar 2019
Duration:	133 days
Impact:	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 102368 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	2.25	16 Jul 2019 15:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 23022 km2	GDO
2	2.25	23 Jul 2019 08:27	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 102368 km2	GDO
3	2.25	01 Aug 2019 10:47	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 102368 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
South Africa
Zimbabwe

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Central	Botswana
- Medium	Masvingo	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Matabeleland South	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Midlands	Zimbabwe

More information

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