Overall Green alert Drought for South Africa, Lesotho-2024
in Lesotho, South Africa

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 6 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016891
Name: South Africa, Lesotho-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000018-ZMB
Countries: Lesotho, South Africa
Start Date: End of Dec 2023
Duration: 216 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 32033 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Forest fire in Lesotho, South Africa - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 26 Apr 2024 18:26

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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By Mandisa Nyathi Water activists last week "renamed" some of the country's most polluted rivers. Here, eThekwini's notoriously polluted Umgeni, was "renamed" to reflect consistently high levels of E-Coli, a direct result of poor maintenanc
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19/Apr/2024 09:40 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),