Overall Orange alert Drought for South America-2023
in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 22 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016449
Name: South America-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000204-BRA
Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela
Start Date: End of Sep 2022
Duration: 710 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1509735 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Forest fire in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 16 Feb 2024 15:42

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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The world’s largest wetland is burning, and rare animals are dying 8/28/2024 9:05:00 AM.

RIO DE JANEIRO Two jaguar cubs burned to death, their small bodies carbonized. Tapirs with raw, bloodied paws had been scalded by smoldering cinders. Nests of unhatched eggs from rare parrots were consumed by flames as tall as trees. Wildfi
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In Pictures – Brazil on Fire: A Fight for Survival 8/28/2024 2:32:00 AM.

Climate change is making wildfires longer, more frequent and more intense. In this sobering photostory, award-winning photographer Marcos Ramos documents how recent wildfires in Brazil have shaped landscaped, destroyed entire ecosystems and
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The world’s largest wetland is burning, and rare animals are dying 8/27/2024 2:04:00 PM.

Rio De Janeiro: Two jaguar cubs burned to death, their small bodies carbonized. Tapirs with raw, bloodied paws had been scalded by smoldering cinders. Nests of unhatched eggs from rare parrots were consumed by flames as tall as trees. Wildf
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Analytical report

02/Aug/2024 07:09 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

04/Jan/2024 14:20 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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