Overall Green Drought alert for South USA-2022 in United States from 11 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 Jan 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for South USA-2022

in United States

Event summary

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

Name:	South USA-2022
Countries:	United States
Start Date:	Middle of Nov 2022
Duration:	416 days (at 10 Jan 2024)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Upon 2024-01-21, this event was previously including the drought event Colombia-2023.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.25	10 Apr 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 63777 km2	GDO
2	0.25	20 Apr 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 63777 km2	GDO
3	0.25	30 Apr 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 30298 km2	GDO
4	0.5	10 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 30298 km2	GDO
5	0.5	20 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44696 km2	GDO
6	0.5	30 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 44696 km2	GDO
7	0.75	10 Jun 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 148104 km2	GDO
8	1	30 Jun 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 212684 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 597323 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 710860 km2	GDO
11	1.25	30 Jul 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 559573 km2	GDO
12	1.5	10 Aug 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 960163 km2	GDO
13	1.5	20 Aug 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1119710 km2	GDO
14	1.5	30 Aug 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1007920 km2	GDO
15	1.5	10 Sep 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1294146 km2	GDO
16	1.5	20 Sep 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1315417 km2	GDO
17	1.5	30 Sep 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1298536 km2	GDO
18	1.5	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1725480 km2	GDO
19	1.25	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1809976 km2	GDO
20	1.25	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 990126 km2	GDO
21	1.25	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1140077 km2	GDO
22	1.25	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1217935 km2	GDO
23	1.25	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 728444 km2	GDO
24	1.25	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 945863 km2	GDO
25	1.25	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 937454 km2	GDO
26	1	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 456552 km2	GDO
27	1	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 472982 km2	GDO
28	1	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 472982 km2	GDO
29	0.75	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2	GDO
30	0.5	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2	GDO
31	0.25	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2	GDO
32	0.25	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2	GDO
33	0.25	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2	GDO
34	0.25	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40748 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Colombia
Mexico
Panama
United States

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Chihuahua	Mexico
- Low	Hidalgo	Mexico
- Low	Mexico	Mexico
- Low	Oaxaca	Mexico
- Low	Puebla	Mexico
- Low	Veracruz	Mexico
- Low	Alabama	United States
- Low	Arkansas	United States
- Low	Florida	United States
- Low	Georgia	United States
- Medium	Indiana	United States
- Medium	Kentucky	United States
- Low	Louisiana	United States
- Low	Mississippi	United States
- Low	Missouri	United States
- Low	North Carolina	United States
- Low	Tennessee	United States
- Low	Texas	United States
- Medium	New Mexico	United States
- Medium	Panama	Panama
- Medium	Antioquia	Colombia
- Medium	Choco	Colombia
- Medium	Cordoba	Colombia

More information

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