Overall Orange Drought for South America-2023 in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 Apr 2026 10:17 UTC

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Overall Orange Drought for South America-2023

in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 43 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, Peru, Paraguay
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	1277 days (at 30 Mar 2026)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 778359 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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20/Dec/2024 14:17 UTC

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07/Oct/2024 13:59 UTC

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02/Aug/2024 07:09 UTC

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Daily Maps: ECHO Daily Map of 19 December 2024

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

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