Overall Green Drought alert for Somalia-2023 in Somalia from 21 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Oct 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Somalia-2023

in Somalia

Event summary

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

Name:	Somalia-2023
Countries:	Somalia
Start Date:	End of May 2023
Duration:	182 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 87260 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	0.75	30 Jul 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 84790 km2	GDO
2	0.75	10 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 233223 km2	GDO
3	0.75	20 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 232957 km2	GDO
4	0.75	30 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 122360 km2	GDO
5	0.75	10 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 133454 km2	GDO
6	0.75	20 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 133454 km2	GDO
7	0.75	30 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 87260 km2	GDO
8	1	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 87260 km2	GDO
9	0.75	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 87260 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Somalia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Bakool	Somalia
- Low	Bay	Somalia
- High	Banadir	Somalia
- Low	Galgaduud	Somalia
- Low	Gedo	Somalia
- Low	Hiraan	Somalia
- Low	Juba Hoose	Somalia
- High	Shabelle Hoose	Somalia
- Low	Juba Dhexe	Somalia
- Low	Shabelle Dhexe	Somalia
- Low	Mudug	Somalia

More information

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