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: 277 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305575 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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Emergenza siccità nel sud della Francia e Catalogna in stato di crisi ... 2024-05-16T15:24+0200.

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Siccità, produzione scarsa e aumento dei prezzi: l'olio extravergine e ... 2024-05-13T15:40+0200.

(Di lunedì 13 maggio 2024) L'olivicoltura europea, da qui a breve, potrebbe ritrovarsi di fronte a un punto di non ritorno. Questo è il secondo anno consecutivo in cui la Spagna produce molto meno olio rispetto al passato, un dato che apre
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Pages 4044: Influence of Xanthan Gum-Based ... 2024-05-10T04:50+0200.

The impact of climate change has become increasingly severe in forests, where droughts and strong winds on the one hand and extreme rainfall events on the other hand can damage forest ecosystems. To mitigate the effects of drought and enhan
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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),