Overall Green alert Drought for North-East Brazil-2024
in Brazil

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 4 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017347
Name: North-East Brazil-2024
Countries: Brazil
Start Date: End of Jul 2024
Duration: 152 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 81307 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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Latest media headlines

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Sérgio Negrão, Jagrao in Brasile: "Prima abbiamo sofferto per la sicci.. 12/20/2024 5:39:00 AM.

"Prima abbiamo sofferto per la siccità in Brasile, ora per i ritardi nella logistica marittima" Come se non fosse stato già difficile combattere la siccità e poi la pioggia, le esportazioni di lime brasiliani stanno ora affrontando anche i
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Analytical report

20/Dec/2024 14:18 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

18/Dec/2024 11:39 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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