Overall Orange Drought alert for Southern Europe-2023 in Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye from 11 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Apr 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Southern Europe-2023

in Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 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:	Spain, Greece, Italy, Malta, Türkiye
Start Date:	Middle of Aug 2023
Duration:	266 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305575 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Spain holiday warning over swimming pool and public shower rules amid ... 2024-05-02T21:51+0200.

Millions of holidaymakers travel from the UK to Spain each year, and many of these visit the Costa del Sol. Malaga and the surrounding towns also have a large British expat community, particularly in areas like Fuengirola and Benalmádena. A

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Analytical report

06/Mar/2024 14:00 UTC

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Analytical report

23/Feb/2024 09:05 UTC

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

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