Overall Green Drought for Brazil-2025
in Brazil

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 13 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1027448
Name: Brazil-2025
Glide number: DR-2025-000172-SOM
Countries: Brazil
Start Date: Begin of Jul 2025
Duration: 375 days (at 20 Jul 2026)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1123106 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Strong El Niño Forecast: Extreme Weather Events Hit Brazil 8/3/2026 9:25:00 PM.

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The trees of the Amazon pump such staggering amounts of moisture into .. 8/1/2026 12:50:00 AM.

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Brasile, l’El Niño fa paura: torna l’incubo della siccità in Amazzonia.. 7/31/2026 4:13:00 PM.

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Dalla seconda metà di luglio 2026 l''Europa mediterranea è stretta in una morsa di incendi che stanno costringendo centinaia di migliaia di persone a lasciare le proprie case. Al 29 luglio 2026 si stimano quasi 435mila ettari di suolo bruci
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),