Overall Orange alert Drought for Argentina-2021
in Argentina

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 52 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1013868
Name: Argentina-2021
Glide number: DR-2021-000178-BOL
Countries: Argentina
Start Date: End of Jun 2023
Duration: 328 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 203502 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Brasil: "No hay manera de separar la tragedia ambiental de la cuestión ... 2024-05-16T15:36+0200.

Por Mariángeles Guerrero. Más de 140 personas muertas, otras cientas desaparecidas, municipios evacuados y el 80 por ciento del estado de Río Grande do Sul bajo las aguas. La inundación en el sur de Brasil es considerada la mayor en la hist
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“El Niño”and Climate Change Caused Record Disasters in Latin America d ... 2024-05-16T15:25+0200.

The El Niño phenomenon and the effects of global warming due to human activity caused a record of climate disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency, indicated this past We
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El fenómeno de El Niño y los efectos del cambio climático azotaron Amé ... 2024-05-16T12:37+0200.

16/05/2024 12:00 11 min. Según se apunta en un nuevo informe de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) , las sequías, el calor y los incendios forestales, las lluvias extremas y un huracán sin precedentes tuvieron importantes repercusi
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Analytical report

14/Jul/2023 13:47 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

21/Mar/2022 10:02 UTC

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Analytical report

18/Oct/2021 14:30 UTC

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26/Nov/2021 03:47 UTC

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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),