Overall Orange Drought alert for South America-2023 in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for South America-2023

in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela

Event summary

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

Name:	South America-2023
Countries:	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	599 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 942991 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2023-12-01, this event integrated the drought event Bolivia-2023.
As of 2023-12-11, this event integrated the drought event East Brazil-2023.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	20 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 157365 km2	GDO
2	0.5	30 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 218763 km2	GDO
3	0.5	10 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 497569 km2	GDO
4	0.5	20 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 748929 km2	GDO
5	1	30 Sep 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 915400 km2	GDO
6	1.25	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1033160 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1143728 km2	GDO
8	1.25	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 910660 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1392133 km2	GDO
10	1.5	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1494890 km2	GDO
11	1.5	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 951694 km2	GDO
12	1.5	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2804939 km2	GDO
13	1.5	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 3275449 km2	GDO
14	1.5	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2813023 km2	GDO
15	1.5	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 3383284 km2	GDO
16	1.5	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 3213408 km2	GDO
17	1.5	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2232732 km2	GDO
18	1.5	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2416175 km2	GDO
19	1.5	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2542619 km2	GDO
20	1.5	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1956952 km2	GDO
21	1.5	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2132795 km2	GDO
22	1.5	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2109668 km2	GDO
23	1.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1747925 km2	GDO
24	1.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2152280 km2	GDO
25	1.5	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2198417 km2	GDO
26	1.25	12 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 942991 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Paraguay	Paraguay
- Medium	Chaco	Argentina
- Medium	Formosa	Argentina
- Medium	Santiago Del Estero	Argentina
- Low	Pando	Bolivia
- Medium	Amazonas	Brazil
- Medium	Goias, Distrito Federal	Brazil
- Medium	Maranhao	Brazil
- Medium	Mato Grosso	Brazil
- Medium	Mato Grosso Do Sul	Brazil
- Medium	Minas Gerais	Brazil
- Medium	Para	Brazil
- Medium	Parana	Brazil
- Medium	Rondonia	Brazil
- Medium	Sao Paulo	Brazil
- Medium	Tocantins	Brazil
- Medium	Beni	Bolivia
- Low	Chuquisaca	Bolivia
- Low	La Paz	Bolivia
- Medium	Santa Cruz	Bolivia
- Low	Tarija	Bolivia
- Low	Amazonas	Colombia
- Low	Loreto	Peru
- Low	Amapa	Brazil
- High	Guyana	Guyana
- Medium	Suriname	Suriname
- High	Guyana	Guyana
- Medium	Roraima	Brazil
- Low	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago
- Medium	Anzoategui	Venezuela
- Medium	Bolivar	Venezuela
- Medium	Delta Amacuro	Venezuela
- Medium	Monagas	Venezuela
- Low	Sucre	Venezuela
- Medium	Huánuco	Peru
- Low	Loreto	Peru
- Medium	San Martín	Peru
- Low	Ucayali	Peru

More information

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