Overall Orange Drought alert for Zambezi Basin-2024 in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe from 21 Dec 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Zambezi Basin-2024

in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Event summary

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

Name:	Zambezi Basin-2024
Countries:	Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date:	End of Dec 2023
Duration:	140 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1452920 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	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 35727 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 35727 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 47600 km2	GDO
4	1	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 418342 km2	GDO
5	1	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 513218 km2	GDO
6	1.25	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1392434 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1473935 km2	GDO
8	1.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1401510 km2	GDO
9	1.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1708280 km2	GDO
10	1.75	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1743376 km2	GDO
11	1.75	09 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1452920 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Angola
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Malawi	Malawi
- Medium	Cuando Cubango	Angola
- Medium	Lunda Sul	Angola
- Medium	Moxico	Angola
- Medium	Central	Botswana
- High	Chobe	Botswana
- Medium	Ghanzi	Botswana
- Medium	Ngamiland	Botswana
- Medium	North East	Botswana
- Medium	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Low	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique
- Medium	Manica	Mozambique
- Low	Nampula	Mozambique
- High	Niassa	Mozambique
- Medium	Sofala	Mozambique
- Medium	Tete	Mozambique
- High	Zambezia	Mozambique
- High	Caprivi	Namibia
- Medium	Kavango	Namibia
- High	Central	Zambia
- Medium	Copperbelt	Zambia
- Medium	Eastern	Zambia
- Medium	Luapula	Zambia
- Medium	Lusaka	Zambia
- High	North-Western	Zambia
- Medium	Northern	Zambia
- High	Southern	Zambia
- High	Western	Zambia
- Medium	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Harare	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Manicaland	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Mashonaland Central	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Mashonaland West	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Masvingo	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Matabeleland South	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Midlands	Zimbabwe
- High	Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Mashonaland East	Zimbabwe

More information

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