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

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 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
Start Date: End of Sep 2023
Duration: 236 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 165712 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Sgorga acqua dal terzo pozzo Musa2024-05-17T19:15+0200.

Bronte – “E acqua fu!” Questa l’esclamazione di un emozionato Pino Firrarello nel momento in cui dalla condotta di perforazione del terzo Pozzo Musa sull’Etna è sgorgata l’acqua. Dopo appena un mese di scavi, infatti, a quota 120 metri di p
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Cerca notizie per 'ondata di calore'2024-05-15T17:27+0200.

- 11 Settembre 2023 - 10:03 L’in di ce di siccità sintetico relativo al mese di agosto 2023 evidenzia come il Piemonte sia tornato in con di zioni generali di normalità, fatta eccezione per i bacini meri di onali dove le piogge più contenut
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La nuova collezione di tessuti Parà, ispirata agli animali migratori2024-05-11T07:37+0200.

Parà presenta la sua ampia gamma di tessuti per l’arredamento in&outdoor . L’occasione è stata l’ultima edizione della fiera Proposte, svoltasi nella splendida cornice di Villa Erba a Cernobbio, dove la storica azienda specializzata nei tes
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Hot Weather and the Footprint of Global Warming in the Last Decade2024-05-10T05:45+0200.

KOMPAS/FERGANATA INDRA RIATMOKO. A satay vendor protects his head with a cloth during the scorching heat in Kraton District, Yogyakarta (4/5/2024). The temperature in Yogyakarta during the day over the past few days has been around 32 degre
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23/Feb/2024 08:39 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),