Overall Green Drought for East USA-2025
in United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 11 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1018093
Name: East USA-2025
Countries: United States
Start Date: End of Aug 2025
Duration: 324 days (at 20 Jul 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 39763 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Tokyo lion deaths show heat wave gripping East Asia 8/4/2026 5:58:00 PM.

Three lions at a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke, as record-breaking temperatures in East Asia haveprompted South Korea’s president to declare a national disaster. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung told officials at a cabin
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),