Overall Orange Drought alert for Southern Europe-2023 in Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, The Republic of North Macedonia, Malta, Türkiye from 11 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 Mar 2024 00:00 UTC

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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 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme 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:	369 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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Analytical report

06/Mar/2024 14:00 UTC

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Analytical report

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),

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