Overall Orange alert Drought for Southern Europe-2023
in Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, The Republic of North Macedonia, Malta, Türkiye

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016679
Name: Southern Europe-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000267-ALB
Countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, The Republic of North Macedonia, Malta, Türkiye
Start Date: Middle of Aug 2023
Duration: 393 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 627056 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

31/Jul/2024 04:29 UTC

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06/Mar/2024 14:00 UTC

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23/Feb/2024 09:05 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), INFORM (2),