Overall Green Drought for South-East Asia-2026 in Australia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Thailand, Vietnam from 21 Nov 2025 00:00 UTC to 12 Aug 2026 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for South-East Asia-2026

in Australia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Thailand, Vietnam

Event summary

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

Name:	South-East Asia-2026
Countries:	Australia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Thailand, Vietnam
Start Date:	End of Nov 2025
Duration:	232 days (at 20 Jul 2026)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 918173 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	10 Apr 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1147811 km2	GDO
2	0.75	20 Apr 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 1243020 km2	GDO
3	0.75	30 Apr 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 701017 km2	GDO
4	0.75	10 May 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 399842 km2	GDO
5	0.75	20 May 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 445960 km2	GDO
6	0.75	30 May 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 365168 km2	GDO
7	0.75	10 Jun 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 324790 km2	GDO
8	0.75	20 Jun 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 338232 km2	GDO
9	0.75	30 Jun 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 779807 km2	GDO
10	0.75	10 Jul 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 782609 km2	GDO
11	0.75	12 Aug 2026 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 918173 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Australia
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Solomon Islands
Thailand
Vietnam

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Cambodia	Cambodia
- Low	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Laos
- Medium	Thailand	Thailand
- Low	Viet Nam	Vietnam
- Medium	Cordillera Administrative region (CAR)	Philippines
- Medium	National Capital region (NCR)	Philippines
- Medium	Region I (Ilocos region)	Philippines
- High	Region II (Cagayan Valley)	Philippines
- Medium	Region V (Bicol region)	Philippines
- Medium	Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)	Philippines
- Medium	Region III (Central Luzon)	Philippines
- Medium	Region IV-A (Calabarzon)	Philippines
- Medium	Region IV (Southern Tagalog)	Philippines
- Medium	Sulawesi Tengah	Indonesia
- Medium	Sulawesi Tenggara	Indonesia
- Medium	Gorontalo	Indonesia
- Medium	Maluku Utara	Indonesia
- Medium	Sulawesi Barat	Indonesia
- Medium	Sulawesi Selatan	Indonesia
- Medium	Sulawesi Utara	Indonesia
- Medium	Maluku Utara	Indonesia
- High	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands
- High	Bougainville	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Queensland	Australia
- Medium	Central, Capital District	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Chimbu	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	East Sepik	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Eastern Highlands	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Enga	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Gulf	Papua New Guinea
- High	Madang	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Milne Bay	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Morobe	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	National Capital District	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Northern	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Southern Highlands	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	West Sepik	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Western	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Western Highlands	Papua New Guinea
- Medium	Papua Barat	Indonesia
- Medium	Papua	Indonesia

More information

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