Overall Green Drought alert for Southeastern Mediterranean-2024 in Egypt, Israel, Libya from 21 Nov 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Southeastern Mediterranean-2024

in Egypt, Israel, Libya

Event summary

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

Name:	Southeastern Mediterranean-2024
Countries:	Egypt, Israel, Libya
Start Date:	End of Nov 2023
Duration:	174 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 158938 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	0.75	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 140446 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 78494 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 128814 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 128814 km2	GDO
5	0.75	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 77846 km2	GDO
6	0.75	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 99237 km2	GDO
7	0.75	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 99237 km2	GDO
8	0.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 91562 km2	GDO
9	0.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 127719 km2	GDO
10	0.75	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 181176 km2	GDO
11	0.75	13 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 158938 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Egypt
Israel
Libya

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Tubruq (tobruk)	Libya
- Medium	Matrouh	Egypt
- Medium	Al Jufrah	Libya
- Low	Sawfajjin (sofuljeen)	Libya
- Low	Surt (sirte)	Libya
- Medium	Israel	Israel
- Medium	North Sinai	Egypt
- Low	Red Sea	Egypt
- Medium	South Sinai	Egypt

More information

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