Overall Green Drought alert for Central-Western Europe-2020 in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands from 21 Mar 2020 00:00 UTC to 06 Sep 2020 16:47 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Central-Western Europe-2020
Countries:	Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Start Date:	End of Mar 2020
Duration:	213 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 362827 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	02 Jun 2020 16:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 797706 km2	GDO
2	0.75	04 Jun 2020 13:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 302151 km2	GDO
3	0.75	12 Jun 2020 17:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 458598 km2	GDO
4	0.75	22 Jun 2020 10:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 728399 km2	GDO
5	0.75	01 Jul 2020 16:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 343401 km2	GDO
6	0.75	15 Jul 2020 13:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 310602 km2	GDO
7	0.75	26 Jul 2020 17:17	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 173343 km2	GDO
8	0.75	02 Aug 2020 08:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 148002 km2	GDO
9	0.75	10 Aug 2020 15:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 222752 km2	GDO
10	0.75	26 Aug 2020 14:57	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 382746 km2	GDO
11	0.5	06 Sep 2020 16:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 212634 km2	GDO
12	0.5	24 Sep 2020 16:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 179131 km2	GDO
13	0.5	05 Oct 2020 09:27	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 121626 km2	GDO
14	0.5	11 Oct 2020 12:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 113734 km2	GDO
15	0.5	15 Oct 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 354610 km2	GDO
16	0.5	20 Oct 2020 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 362827 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Belgium
France
Germany
Luxembourg
Netherlands

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
- Medium	Netherlands	Netherlands
- Medium	Vlaams Gewest, Brussels	Belgium
- Medium	Region wallonne	Belgium
- Medium	Alsace	France
- Medium	Auvergne	France
- Medium	Bourgogne	France
- Medium	Centre	France
- Medium	Champagne-Ardenne	France
- Medium	Franche-Comte	France
- Medium	Haute-Normandie	France
- Medium	Ile-de-France	France
- Medium	Limousin	France
- Medium	Lorraine	France
- Medium	Nord-Pas-de-Calais	France
- Medium	Picardie	France
- Medium	Poitou-Charentes	France
- Medium	Baden-Wuerttemberg	Germany
- Medium	Hessen	Germany
- Medium	Nordrhein-Westfalen	Germany
- Medium	Rheinland-Pfalz	Germany
- Medium	Saarland	Germany

More information

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