Overall Orange Drought alert for Zambezi Basin-2024 in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe from 21 Dec 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Zambezi Basin-2024

in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Zambezi Basin-2024
Countries:	Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date:	End of Dec 2023
Duration:	219 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 344598 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.5	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 35727 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 35727 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 47600 km2	GDO
4	1	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 418342 km2	GDO
5	1	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 513218 km2	GDO
6	1.25	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1392434 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1473935 km2	GDO
8	1.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1401510 km2	GDO
9	1.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1708280 km2	GDO
10	1.75	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1743376 km2	GDO
11	1.75	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1452920 km2	GDO
12	1.75	10 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1700725 km2	GDO
13	1.75	20 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1700725 km2	GDO
14	1.75	30 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 956959 km2	GDO
15	1.75	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1102518 km2	GDO
16	1.75	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1327309 km2	GDO
17	1.5	27 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 344598 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Angola
Botswana
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Malawi	Malawi
- High	Cuando Cubango	Angola
- Medium	Cunene	Angola
- High	Moxico	Angola
- Medium	Central	Botswana
- Medium	Ngamiland	Botswana
- Low	North East	Botswana
- High	Katanga	Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Medium	Cabo Delgado	Mozambique
- Medium	Manica	Mozambique
- High	Nampula	Mozambique
- High	Niassa	Mozambique
- Medium	Sofala	Mozambique
- High	Tete	Mozambique
- High	Zambezia	Mozambique
- Medium	Kavango	Namibia
- Medium	Kunene	Namibia
- Medium	Ohangwena	Namibia
- Medium	Oshana	Namibia
- Medium	Oshikoto	Namibia
- Medium	Otjozondjupa	Namibia
- High	Central	Zambia
- High	Copperbelt	Zambia
- High	Eastern	Zambia
- High	Luapula	Zambia
- High	Lusaka	Zambia
- High	North-Western	Zambia
- High	Northern	Zambia
- High	Southern	Zambia
- High	Western	Zambia
- High	Harare	Zimbabwe
- High	Manicaland	Zimbabwe
- High	Mashonaland Central	Zimbabwe
- High	Mashonaland West	Zimbabwe
- High	Masvingo	Zimbabwe
- Medium	Matabeleland South	Zimbabwe
- High	Midlands	Zimbabwe
- High	Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe
- High	Mashonaland East	Zimbabwe
- Low	Limpopo	South Africa

More information

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