Overall Green alert Drought for Southwestern Angola-2020
in Angola

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1014416
Name: Southwestern Angola-2020
Glide number: DR-2021-000149-AGO
Countries: Angola
Start Date: End of Sep 2020
Duration: 440 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 4688 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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18/Oct/2021 14:31 UTC

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30/Sep/2021 03:00 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),