Overall Green alert Drought for Southeastern Mediterranean-2024
in Egypt, Israel, Libya

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 6 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016906
Name: Southeastern Mediterranean-2024
Countries: Egypt, Israel, Libya
Start Date: End of Nov 2023
Duration: 223 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 217507 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Analytical report

23/Feb/2024 08:39 UTC

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