Overall Orange Drought alert for Northern Africa-2023 in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia from 21 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Northern Africa-2023

in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia

Event summary

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

Name:	Northern Africa-2023
Countries:	Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia
Start Date:	End of Sep 2023
Duration:	379 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 419455 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	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 260568 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Oct 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 285486 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 358143 km2	GDO
4	0.75	20 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 368330 km2	GDO
5	0.75	30 Nov 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 315298 km2	GDO
6	0.75	10 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 396207 km2	GDO
7	0.75	20 Dec 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 465498 km2	GDO
8	1	30 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 323232 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 522887 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 575664 km2	GDO
11	1.25	30 Jan 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 526984 km2	GDO
12	1.5	10 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 555270 km2	GDO
13	1.5	20 Feb 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 555270 km2	GDO
14	1.5	01 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 321057 km2	GDO
15	1.5	10 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 352091 km2	GDO
16	1.5	20 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 352091 km2	GDO
17	1.5	30 Mar 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 196784 km2	GDO
18	1.5	10 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 217851 km2	GDO
19	1.5	20 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 266203 km2	GDO
20	1.5	30 Apr 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 165712 km2	GDO
21	1.5	10 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 336180 km2	GDO
22	1.5	20 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 336180 km2	GDO
23	1.5	30 May 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 315232 km2	GDO
24	1.5	10 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 417688 km2	GDO
25	1.5	20 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 347878 km2	GDO
26	1.5	30 Jun 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305121 km2	GDO
27	1.5	10 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 356020 km2	GDO
28	1.5	20 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 355843 km2	GDO
29	1.5	30 Jul 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 350432 km2	GDO
30	1.5	10 Aug 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 419455 km2	GDO
31	1.5	04 Oct 2024 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 419455 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Algeria
Morocco
Spain
Tunisia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Adrar	Algeria
- High	Ain-Temouchent	Algeria
- Medium	Bechar	Algeria
- Medium	El Bayadh	Algeria
- High	Mascara	Algeria
- High	Mostaganem	Algeria
- Medium	Naama	Algeria
- High	Oran	Algeria
- High	Saida	Algeria
- High	Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria
- High	Tlemcen	Algeria
- Medium	Meknès - Tafilalet	Morocco
- High	Oriental	Morocco
- High	Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla	Spain
- Medium	Chaouia - Ouardigha	Morocco
- Medium	Doukkala - Abda	Morocco
- High	Fès - Boulemane	Morocco
- Low	Guelmim - Es-Semara	Morocco
- Medium	Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz	Morocco
- Medium	Souss - Massa - Draâ	Morocco
- Medium	Tadla - Azilal	Morocco
- Medium	Taza - Al Hoceima - Taounate	Morocco
- Low	Tunisia	Tunisia
- Low	Ain-Defla	Algeria
- Low	Batna	Algeria
- Low	Biskra	Algeria
- Low	Bordj Bou Arrer	Algeria
- Low	Bouira	Algeria
- Low	Chlef	Algeria
- Low	Djelfa	Algeria
- Low	Khenchela	Algeria
- Low	Laghouat	Algeria
- Low	Medea	Algeria
- Low	Mila	Algeria
- Low	M'Sila	Algeria
- Low	Oum El Bouaghi	Algeria
- Low	Relizane	Algeria
- Low	Setif	Algeria
- Low	Souk-Ahras	Algeria
- Low	Tebessa	Algeria
- Low	Tiaret	Algeria
- Low	Tipaza	Algeria
- Low	Tissemsilt	Algeria

More information

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