Overall Green Drought alert for Western Africa-2024 in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Togo from 21 Feb 2024 00:00 UTC to 15 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Western Africa-2024

in Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Togo

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	Western Africa-2024
Countries:	Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Togo
Start Date:	End of Feb 2024
Duration:	145 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 157661 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	10 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109463 km2	GDO
2	0.5	20 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 145930 km2	GDO
3	0.25	30 May 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36467 km2	GDO
4	0.25	15 Jul 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 157661 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Burkina Faso
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Guinea
Mali
Togo

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Denguele	Côte d'Ivoire
- High	Savanes	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	Vallee Du Bandama	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	Zanzan	Côte d'Ivoire
- High	Northern	Ghana
- High	Upper East	Ghana
- High	Upper West	Ghana
- High	Sikasso	Mali
- High	Savanes	Togo
- Medium	Montagnes	Côte d'Ivoire
- Medium	Woroba	Côte d'Ivoire
- High	Cascades	Burkina Faso
- High	Centre-est	Burkina Faso
- High	Centre-ouest	Burkina Faso
- High	Centre-sud	Burkina Faso
- High	Hauts-bassins	Burkina Faso
- High	Sud-ouest	Burkina Faso
- High	Kankan	Guinea
- High	Nzerekore	Guinea

More information

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