Overall Orange Drought alert for Syria, Iraq, Iran-2021 in Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria from 21 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 30 May 2022 00:00 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Syria, Iraq, Iran-2021
Countries:	Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria
Start Date:	End of Oct 2021
Duration:	296 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 299295 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	10 Dec 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40137 km2	GDO
2	0.5	20 Dec 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 29950 km2	GDO
3	0.5	30 Dec 2021 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 19883 km2	GDO
4	0.5	10 Jan 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40137 km2	GDO
5	0.5	20 Jan 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 71056 km2	GDO
6	0.5	30 Jan 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 141620 km2	GDO
7	0.75	10 Feb 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 222630 km2	GDO
8	0.75	20 Feb 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 222630 km2	GDO
9	1.25	02 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 232687 km2	GDO
10	1.25	10 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 253060 km2	GDO
11	1.25	20 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 252695 km2	GDO
12	1.25	30 Mar 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 222873 km2	GDO
13	1.25	10 Apr 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 222873 km2	GDO
14	1.25	20 Apr 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 521461 km2	GDO
15	1.25	30 Apr 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 625576 km2	GDO
16	1.25	10 May 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 798382 km2	GDO
17	1.25	20 May 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 768529 km2	GDO
18	1.25	30 May 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 556682 km2	GDO
19	1.25	10 Jun 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 588056 km2	GDO
20	1.25	20 Jun 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 588056 km2	GDO
21	1.25	30 Jun 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 298406 km2	GDO
22	1.25	10 Jul 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 319549 km2	GDO
23	1.25	13 Aug 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 299295 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Iran
Iraq
Syria

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Kermanshah	Iran
- Low	Bushehr	Iran
- Low	Chaharmahal-o bakhtiyar	Iran
- Medium	East Azarbayejan	Iran
- Medium	Esfahan	Iran
- High	Fars	Iran
- Medium	Hamedan	Iran
- High	Khorasan	Iran
- Low	Hormozgan	Iran
- High	Ilam	Iran
- Medium	Kerman	Iran
- Low	Khuzestan	Iran
- Low	Kohgiluyeh va boyerahma	Iran
- Medium	Kordestan	Iran
- Medium	Lorestan	Iran
- Medium	Markazi	Iran
- Low	Mazandaran	Iran
- High	Semnan	Iran
- Low	Tehran	Iran
- Medium	West Azarbayejan	Iran
- Medium	Yazd	Iran
- Low	Zanjan	Iran
- Medium	Anbar	Iraq
- Medium	Kirkuk	Iraq
- Low	Dahuk	Iraq
- High	Diyala	Iraq
- Low	Missan	Iraq
- Medium	Ninewa	Iraq
- Medium	Salah al-Din	Iraq
- Medium	Sulaymaniyah	Iraq
- High	Wassit	Iraq
- Low	Dayr_Az_Zor	Syria
- Medium	Hassakeh	Syria
- Low	Homs	Syria
- Low	Ghazvin	Iran
- Low	Ghom	Iran

More information

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