Overall Green Drought alert for Black Sea area-2019 in Russia, Ukraine from 21 Oct 2019 00:00 UTC to 12 Jun 2020 17:47 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Black Sea area-2019

in Russia, Ukraine

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	DR 1013691
Name:	Black Sea area-2019
Countries:	Russia, Ukraine
Start Date:	End of Oct 2019
Duration:	236 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 67340 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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