Overall Green Drought alert for Western Australia-2019 in Australia from 21 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC to 03 Mar 2020 14:37 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Western Australia-2019

in Australia

Event summary

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

Name:	Western Australia-2019
Countries:	Australia
Start Date:	End of Sep 2019
Duration:	165 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 112811 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	24 Dec 2019 14:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 168217 km2	GDO
2	0.75	26 Dec 2019 11:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 168217 km2	GDO
3	1	06 Jan 2020 14:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 164432 km2	GDO
4	1	13 Jan 2020 14:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 195807 km2	GDO
5	1	21 Jan 2020 13:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 195807 km2	GDO
6	1	05 Feb 2020 13:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 98707 km2	GDO
7	0.5	17 Feb 2020 13:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 112811 km2	GDO
8	0.5	03 Mar 2020 14:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 112811 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Australia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Western Australia	Australia

More information

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