Overall Green Drought alert for Namibia-2023 in Namibia from 21 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Namibia-2023

in Namibia

Event summary

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

Name:	Namibia-2023
Countries:	Namibia
Start Date:	End of Aug 2023
Duration:	263 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 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 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44270 km2	GDO
2	0.5	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 55315 km2	GDO
3	0.5	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 515100 km2	GDO
4	0.5	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 101618 km2	GDO
5	0.5	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 89943 km2	GDO
6	0.5	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 101492 km2	GDO
7	0.5	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 79497 km2	GDO
8	0.5	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 79497 km2	GDO
9	0.5	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
10	0.25	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
11	0.25	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
12	0.25	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
13	0.75	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
14	0.75	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
15	0.75	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO
16	0.75	10 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22275 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Namibia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Hardap	Namibia
- Medium	Karas	Namibia

More information

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