Overall Orange Drought alert for Philippines-2019 in Philippines from 21 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC to 08 May 2019 13:57 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Philippines-2019

in Philippines

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 1 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1013042
Name:	Philippines-2019
Countries:	Philippines
Start Date:	End of Oct 2018
Duration:	275 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 31951 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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