Overall Green Drought alert for Central-Western Europe-2020 in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands from 21 Mar 2020 00:00 UTC to 26 Aug 2020 14:57 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Central-Western Europe-2020

in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 5 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID	DR 1014038
Name:	Central-Western Europe-2020
Countries:	Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Start Date:	End of Mar 2020
Duration:	213 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 362827 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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