Overall Orange Drought alert for Northern Africa-2023 in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia from 21 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 30 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Northern Africa-2023

in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	DR 1016686
Name:	Northern Africa-2023
Glide number:	DR-2023-000260-DZA
Countries:	Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia
Start Date:	End of Sep 2023
Duration:	362 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 355843 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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31/Jul/2024 04:30 UTC

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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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