Overall Orange Drought alert for Southern Europe-2023 in Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye from 11 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Southern Europe-2023

in Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye

Event summary

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

Name:	Southern Europe-2023
Countries:	Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye
Start Date:	Middle of Aug 2023
Duration:	273 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305575 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	0.5	30 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 286011 km2	GDO
2	0.5	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 286011 km2	GDO
3	0.5	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 286011 km2	GDO
4	0.5	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 182175 km2	GDO
5	0.5	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 140866 km2	GDO
6	0.5	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 123194 km2	GDO
7	0.5	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 207992 km2	GDO
8	0.5	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 207992 km2	GDO
9	0.5	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 258260 km2	GDO
10	0.75	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 284395 km2	GDO
11	0.75	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 284395 km2	GDO
12	1	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 284395 km2	GDO
13	1	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 398556 km2	GDO
14	1	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 459830 km2	GDO
15	1	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 413750 km2	GDO
16	1	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 382296 km2	GDO
17	1	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 315275 km2	GDO
18	1	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 315275 km2	GDO
19	1	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 315275 km2	GDO
20	1	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 256132 km2	GDO
21	1	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305575 km2	GDO
22	1	10 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305575 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Cyprus
France
Greece
Italy
Malta
San Marino
Spain
Turkey

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Andorra	Andorra
- Low	Aquitaine	France
- Low	Auvergne	France
- Low	Centre	France
- Low	Languedoc-Rousillon	France
- Low	Limousin	France
- Low	Midi-Pyrenees	France
- Low	Poitou-Charentes	France
- Low	Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur, Monaco	France
- Low	Rhone-Alpes	France
- Low	Basilicata	Italy
- Low	Calabria	Italy
- Low	Campania	Italy
- Low	Emilia-romagna	Italy
- Low	Lazio, Holy See	Italy
- Low	Lombardia	Italy
- Low	Puglia	Italy
- Low	Sardegna	Italy
- Low	Sicilia	Italy
- Low	Toscana	Italy
- Low	Umbria	Italy
- Low	Veneto	Italy
- Low	Cantabria	Spain
- Low	Castilla y León	Spain
- Low	Cataluña/Catalunya	Spain
- Low	País Vasco/Euskadi	Spain
- Low	La Rioja	Spain

More information

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