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

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 19 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, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela
Start Date: End of Sep 2022
Duration: 730 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1745043 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Peces del río Paraná: Hoplosternum littorale 9/20/2024 10:05:00 PM.

Clasificación Taxonómica Orden: SILURIFORMES Familia: Callichthydae Especie: Hoplosternum littorale. La familia Callichthydae representa a aquellos peces de cuerpo comprimido, recubiertos de placas óseas. En cuanto a su comportamiento, esta
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Thousands of Fires Are Burning in the Drought-Wracked Amazon 9/20/2024 11:34:00 AM.

(Bloomberg) -- Much of Brazil is burning as tens of thousands of fires rage around the country, half of them in the Amazon rainforest. Exacerbated by a severe drought, the fires threaten one of the world’s most crucial ecosystems and are co
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Thousands of Fires Are Burning in the Drought-Wracked Amazon 9/20/2024 11:32:00 AM.

The fires emitted 31.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent between June and August, says the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, or Ipam. That represents an annual increase of 60% and is roughly on par with the emissions f
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Forest fires rage in South America 9/20/2024 6:44:00 AM.

Reuters are reporting that INPE, Brazil’s space research agency have recorded 346,112 fire hotspots across the continent of South America up to 11th September. This is higher than the 345,322 fires recorded in 2007, the previous highest sin
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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),