Overall Orange Drought alert for South-east Africa-2019 in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa from 21 May 2019 00:00 UTC to 08 Sep 2019 10:47 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for South-east Africa-2019

in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa

Event summary

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

Name:	South-east Africa-2019
Countries:	Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa
Start Date:	End of May 2019
Duration:	110 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 276650 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1		1.75	08 Sep 2019 10:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 276650 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Botswana
Lesotho
Mozambique
South Africa
Swaziland

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Lesotho	Lesotho
- Medium	Swaziland	Swaziland
- Medium	Central	Botswana
- Medium	Ghanzi	Botswana
- Medium	Kgalagadi	Botswana
- Medium	Kgatleng	Botswana
- Medium	Kweneng	Botswana
- Medium	Gaza	Mozambique
- Medium	Inhambane	Mozambique
- Medium	Free State	South Africa
- Medium	Gauteng	South Africa
- Medium	Maputo	Mozambique
- High	Eastern Cape	South Africa
- Medium	KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
- Medium	Limpopo	South Africa
- Medium	Mpumalanga	South Africa
- Medium	North West	South Africa

More information

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