Overall Orange Drought alert for Central America, Mexico-2024 in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua from 21 Feb 2024 00:00 UTC to 10 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Central America, Mexico-2024

in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

Event summary

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

Name:	Central America, Mexico-2024
Countries:	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Start Date:	End of Feb 2024
Duration:	126 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 302011 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 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 168389 km2	GDO
2	0.75	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 168389 km2	GDO
3	0.75	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 172829 km2	GDO
4	1.25	10 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 302011 km2	GDO
5	1.25	26 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 302011 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Belize
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Belize	Belize
- Medium	Guatemala	Guatemala
- Medium	Honduras	Honduras
- Medium	Nicaragua	Nicaragua
- Medium	Campeche	Mexico
- Medium	Chiapas	Mexico
- Medium	Quintana Roo	Mexico
- High	Tabasco	Mexico
- Medium	Guanajuato	Mexico
- Medium	Hidalgo	Mexico
- Medium	Mexico	Mexico
- Medium	Oaxaca	Mexico
- Medium	Puebla	Mexico
- Medium	Queretaro	Mexico
- Medium	San Luis Potosi	Mexico
- High	Tamaulipas	Mexico
- Low	Tlaxcala	Mexico
- High	Veracruz	Mexico

More information

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