Overall Orange alert Drought for Northern Africa-2023
in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 6 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016686
Name: Northern Africa-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000260-DZA
Countries: Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia
Start Date: End of Sep 2023
Duration: 216 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 217851 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Esplorando la bellezza e la cultura della Mauritania: un viaggio nel c ... 2024-04-27T12:29+0200.

La Mauritania , un paese situato nell’Africa nord-occidentale, incanta con la sua vasta bellezza naturale e la sua ricca storia culturale. Condividendo i confini con l’Atlantico a ovest e con Algeria, Mali e Senegal, la Mauritania offre un
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Sustainability, Vol. 16, Pages 3461: Advancing Spatial Drought Forecas ... 2024-04-21T09:48+0200.

Dikshit et al. [ 12 ] conducted a study targeting drought prediction in New South Wales, Australia. They employed the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) due to its comprehensive calculation, which considers temperatu
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Sicilia a secco: piano regionale da 720 mln con autobotti e silos nei ... 2024-04-06T09:29+0200.

La Sicilia è messa all’angolo data la siccità e la riduzione delle riserve di acqua in tutta l’isola. Per questo, la giunta regionale ha chiesto al Consiglio dei ministri che venga dichiarato lo stato di emergenza nazionale, al fine di gara
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Terrestrial water storage in 20232024-04-05T05:55+0200.

Negative TWS anomalies encompassed much of North America in 2023 (Fig. 1b ). In particular, severe droughts were observed over western and central Canada owing to low snowfall (especially in southern British Columbia), causing TWS anomalies
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23/Feb/2024 08:39 UTC

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