Overall Green Drought alert for Eastern Europe-2023 in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia from 21 Jul 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Eastern Europe-2023

in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia

Event summary

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

Name:	Eastern Europe-2023
Countries:	Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia
Start Date:	End of Jul 2023
Duration:	343 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 139116 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	28 Jun 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 139116 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Poland
Russia
Sweden
Switzerland

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Estonia, Continental	Estonia
- Medium	Latvia	Latvia
- Medium	Lithuania	Lithuania
- Medium	Brest	Belarus
- Medium	Grodno	Belarus
- Medium	Minsk	Belarus
- Medium	Mogilev	Belarus
- Medium	Vitebsk	Belarus
- Medium	Hiiu maakond	Estonia
- Medium	Saare maakond	Estonia
- Medium	Aaland	Finland
- Medium	Eastern Finland	Finland
- Medium	Southern Finland	Finland
- Medium	Western Finland	Finland
- Medium	Kujawsko-Pomorskie	Poland
- Medium	Lodzkie	Poland
- Medium	Mazowieckie	Poland
- Medium	Podlaskie	Poland
- Medium	Pomorskie	Poland
- Medium	Warminsko-Mazurskie	Poland
- Medium	Wielkopolskie	Poland
- Medium	Kaliningradskaya Oblast	Russia
- Medium	Leningradskaya Oblast, Sankt-Peterburg	Russia
- Medium	Pskovskaya Oblast	Russia
- Low	Smolenskaya Oblast	Russia
- Medium	Denmark	Denmark
- Medium	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
- Low	Netherlands	Netherlands
- Low	Switzerland	Switzerland
- Low	Vlaams Gewest, Brussels	Belgium
- Low	Region wallonne	Belgium
- Medium	Alsace	France
- Medium	Bourgogne	France
- Medium	Champagne-Ardenne	France
- Medium	Franche-Comte	France
- Medium	Lorraine	France
- Medium	Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany
- Low	Nordrhein-Westfalen	Germany
- Medium	Rheinland-Pfalz	Germany
- Medium	Saarland	Germany
- Low	Blekinge Laen	Sweden
- Medium	Joenkoepings Laen	Sweden
- Medium	Kalmar Laen	Sweden
- Medium	Kronobergs Laen	Sweden
- Medium	Oestergoetlands Laen	Sweden
- Medium	Soedermanlands Laen	Sweden
- Medium	Vaestra Goetalands Laen	Sweden
- Medium	Austria	Austria
- Medium	Czech Republic	Czech Republic
- Medium	Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany
- Medium	Bayern	Germany
- Medium	Brandenburg, Berlin	Germany
- Medium	Hessen	Germany
- Medium	Sachsen	Germany
- Medium	Sachsen-Anhalt	Germany
- Medium	Thueringen	Germany
- Medium	Dolnoslaskie	Poland
- Medium	Lubuskie	Poland

More information

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