Overall Orange alert Drought for Southern Europe-2023
in Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, San Marino, Türkiye

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016679
Name: Southern Europe-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000267-ALB
Countries: Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, San Marino, Türkiye
Start Date: Middle of Aug 2023
Duration: 257 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 256132 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 18 | About casualties: 0 | 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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Greeting speech by the Commissioner for the Environment, Ms Antonia Th ... 2024-04-11T11:25+0200.

Dear Director of the CERIDES Centre-of-Excellence, Prof. Boustras; Dear Distinguished Speakers and Presenters of the Workshop, from abroad and from Cyprus; Dear Attendees-Participants from the various Agencies, Services, Organised Groups an
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Stephen Cadogan: Storms gathering on the horizon2024-04-09T18:31+0200.

However, the supply of potatoes and vegetables for our tables is also hit by the rainy autumn and spring. For two years in a row, Irish field vegetable growers have been hit by bad weather, which reduced yields and caused the complete loss
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Cipro, l'isola di Afrodite: le origini, cosa vedere e i posti più bell ... 2024-04-02T19:53+0200.

La Repubblica di Cipro occupa la parte meridionale dell’omonima isola, che si trova nel Mediterraneo orientale, di fronte a Libano e Israele. La destinazione, con la sua capitale Nicosia, è spartita a nord con la Turchia: ma quest’ultima è
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Analytical report

06/Mar/2024 14:00 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

23/Feb/2024 09:05 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),