Overall Orange Drought alert for Eastern Europe-2023 in Bulgaria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine from 21 Jul 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Eastern Europe-2023

in Bulgaria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine

Event summary

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

Name:	Eastern Europe-2023
Countries:	Bulgaria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine
Start Date:	End of Jul 2023
Duration:	407 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 300684 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

As of 2023-07-11, this event integrated the drought event Middle-Upper Rhine-2023.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.75	30 Jun 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 420620 km2	GDO
2	0.75	10 Jul 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 636558 km2	GDO
3	1	20 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 995910 km2	GDO
4	1	30 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 605379 km2	GDO
5	1	10 Aug 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 660368 km2	GDO
6	1	20 Aug 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 638474 km2	GDO
7	0.5	30 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 245157 km2	GDO
8	0.5	10 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 196559 km2	GDO
9	0.5	20 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 402207 km2	GDO
10	0.5	30 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 439696 km2	GDO
11	0.5	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 439696 km2	GDO
12	0.5	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 505396 km2	GDO
13	0.5	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 361799 km2	GDO
14	0.5	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 559342 km2	GDO
15	0.5	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 618905 km2	GDO
16	0.5	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 246089 km2	GDO
17	0.25	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 121605 km2	GDO
18	0.25	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93449 km2	GDO
19	0.25	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 51956 km2	GDO
20	0.25	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
21	0.25	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
22	0.25	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
23	0.25	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
24	0.25	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 25595 km2	GDO
25	0.5	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 87841 km2	GDO
26	0.5	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 132176 km2	GDO
27	0.5	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 90324 km2	GDO
28	0.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 90324 km2	GDO
29	0.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 90324 km2	GDO
30	0.5	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 172514 km2	GDO
31	0.75	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 172514 km2	GDO
32	0.75	10 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 192858 km2	GDO
33	0.5	20 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 139116 km2	GDO
34	0.75	30 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 134427 km2	GDO
35	0.75	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 257194 km2	GDO
36	0.75	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 257194 km2	GDO
37	1	30 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 363571 km2	GDO
38	1	10 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 363571 km2	GDO
39	1	31 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 300684 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Lithuania
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Ukraine

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Romania	Romania

More information

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