Overall Green alert Drought for Eastern Europe-2023
in Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016401
Name: Eastern Europe-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000138-AUT
Countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine
Start Date: End of Jul 2023
Duration: 278 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 90324 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 47 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

What is desertification and why is it important to understand?2024-04-23T18:15+0200.

And, in Asia, China, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan are among the countries that have seen temperatures soaring, according to Earth.org. While some of these areas had been classed as having a desert climate since the 1980s, desertification has
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Copernicus: 2023, un año de extremos climáticos en Europa2024-04-22T19:33+0200.

Europa no es una excepción en cuanto a las consecuencias del cambio climático , algo que queda claro rápidamente al observar los datos recopilados por el Servicio de Cambio Climático Copérnicus (C3S) de la UE y la Los últimos tres años más
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2023: un anno di contrasti climatici per l'Europa2024-04-22T09:22+0200.

È difficile capire cosa aspettarsi da un clima riscaldato da due secoli di emissioni di gas serra. Il 2023 ad esempio è stato un anno di contrasti climatici per l’Europa: da una parte ondate di calore estreme, siccità e incendi, dall’altra
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2023: un anno di contrasti climatici per l’Europa2024-04-22T09:05+0200.

È difficile capire cosa aspettarsi da un clima riscaldato da due secoli di emissioni di gas serra. Il 2023 ad esempio è stato un anno di contrasti climatici per l’Europa: da una parte ondate di calore estreme, siccità e incendi, dall’altra
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Analytical report

06/Dec/2023 14:19 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

14/Jul/2023 13:47 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), WMO (1), INFORM (2),