Overall Orange Drought for Europe-2026 in Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, , from 21 Dec 2025 00:00 UTC to 31 Aug 2026 08:23 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for Europe-2026

in Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, ,

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1018332
Name:	Europe-2026
Glide number:	DR-2025-000239-ALB
Countries:	Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, ,
Start Date:	End of Dec 2025
Duration:	223 days (at 10 Aug 2026)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1412468 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Virtual OSOCC

Meteo assessment

Satellite products

Analytical products

Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Analytical products

Analytical report

06/Aug/2026 09:29 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Daily Maps: ECHO Daily Map of 25 August 2026

25/Aug/2026 17:08 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

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

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