Overall Green Drought alert for Eastern Europe-2023 in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, The Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye from 21 Jul 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Eastern Europe-2023

in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, The Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye

Event summary

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

Name:	Eastern Europe-2023
Countries:	Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, The Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye
Start Date:	End of Jul 2023
Duration:	297 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 172514 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2023-07-11, this event integrated the drought event Middle-Upper Rhine-2023.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.75	30 Jun 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 420620 km2	GDO
2	0.75	10 Jul 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 636558 km2	GDO
3	1	20 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 995910 km2	GDO
4	1	30 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 605379 km2	GDO
5	1	10 Aug 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 660368 km2	GDO
6	1	20 Aug 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 638474 km2	GDO
7	0.5	30 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 245157 km2	GDO
8	0.5	10 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 196559 km2	GDO
9	0.5	20 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 402207 km2	GDO
10	0.5	30 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 439696 km2	GDO
11	0.5	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 439696 km2	GDO
12	0.5	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 505396 km2	GDO
13	0.5	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 361799 km2	GDO
14	0.5	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 559342 km2	GDO
15	0.5	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 618905 km2	GDO
16	0.5	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 246089 km2	GDO
17	0.25	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 121605 km2	GDO
18	0.25	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93449 km2	GDO
19	0.25	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 51956 km2	GDO
20	0.25	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
21	0.25	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
22	0.25	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
23	0.25	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
24	0.25	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
25	0.5	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 87841 km2	GDO
26	0.5	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 132176 km2	GDO
27	0.5	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 90324 km2	GDO
28	0.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 90324 km2	GDO
29	0.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 90324 km2	GDO
30	0.5	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 172514 km2	GDO
31	0.75	13 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 172514 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Bulgaria
Romania
Serbia
Ukraine

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Romania	Romania
- Low	Bulgaria	Bulgaria
- Low	Chernivets'ka	Ukraine

More information

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