Overall Orange Drought alert for South Africa, Lesotho-2024 in Lesotho, South Africa from 21 Dec 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for South Africa, Lesotho-2024

in Lesotho, South Africa

Event summary

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

Name:	South Africa, Lesotho-2024
Countries:	Lesotho, South Africa
Start Date:	End of Dec 2023
Duration:	144 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 106150 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	0.25	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 41798 km2	GDO
2	0.25	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 50851 km2	GDO
3	0.5	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 152171 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 162439 km2	GDO
5	0.75	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 159911 km2	GDO
6	1	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 307377 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 274474 km2	GDO
8	1.25	13 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 106150 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Lesotho
South Africa

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Lesotho	Lesotho
- High	Free State	South Africa
- Medium	Western Cape	South Africa
- Medium	Eastern Cape	South Africa
- Medium	KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
- Medium	Northern Cape	South Africa

More information

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