Overall Orange Drought alert for Southeast Asia-2024 in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam from 21 Feb 2024 00:00 UTC to 15 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Southeast Asia-2024

in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

Event summary

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

Name:	Southeast Asia-2024
Countries:	Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Start Date:	End of Feb 2024
Duration:	145 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 420170 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 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 59784 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 83689 km2	GDO
3	1.25	10 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 850652 km2	GDO
4	1.25	20 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1333670 km2	GDO
5	1	30 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 311050 km2	GDO
6	1	15 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 420170 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
China
India
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Cambodia	Cambodia
- High	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Laos
- High	Myanmar	Myanmar
- High	Thailand	Thailand
- High	Viet Nam	Vietnam
- Low	Sichuan Sheng	China
- High	Yunnan Sheng	China
- Low	Kedah	Malaysia
- Medium	Kelantan	Malaysia
- Low	Terengganu	Malaysia
- Medium	Bangladesh	Bangladesh
- Medium	Bhutan	Bhutan
- Medium	Assam	India
- Medium	Meghalaya	India
- Medium	West Bengal	India
- Medium	Region V (Bicol region)	Philippines
- High	Region VI (Western Visayas)	Philippines
- High	Region VII (Central Visayas)	Philippines
- Medium	Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)	Philippines
- High	Region XIII (Caraga)	Philippines
- High	Autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)	Philippines
- High	Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	Philippines
- High	Region X (Northern Mindanao)	Philippines
- High	Region XI (Davao Region)	Philippines
- High	Region XII (Soccsksargen)	Philippines
- High	Region IV (Southern Tagalog)	Philippines
- High	Region IV (Southern Tagalog)	Philippines

More information

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