Overall Green alert Drought for Southeastern Africa-2024
in Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016878
Name: Southeastern Africa-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000018-ZMB
Countries: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date: End of Dec 2023
Duration: 363 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 58574 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

En Zimbabue mujeres agricultoras lideran la batalla contra el cambio c.. 12/21/2024 5:49:00 AM.

Con las catástrofes climáticas devastando el país, sus dudas sobre la agricultura de secano aumentaron. Sin embargo, dos años después, esta madre de 32 años, con dos hijos y originaria de Mafaure, en Masvingo, a unos 295 kilometros de la ca
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En Zimbabue, mujeres agricultoras lideran la batalla contra el cambio .. 12/20/2024 1:53:00 PM.

Mujeres agricultoras compran semillas a precios rebajados durante una feria de semillas en Masvingo, Zimbabue. Imagen: Farai Shawn Matiashe / IPS. MAFAURE, Zimbabue – Cuando Susan Chinyengetere decidió dedicarse a la agricultura en su alde
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Dieci notizie incoraggianti dall’Africa 12/20/2024 1:00:00 PM.

Il 2024 non è stato un anno di grandi soddisfazioni per chi segue l’attualità africana. La guerra in Sudan ha continuato a infuriare, senza nessun tentativo evidente di mettervi fine e creando le condizioni per una drammatica carestia. La c
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Mozambico: colpiti dal ciclone Chido 90mila bambini 12/18/2024 10:15:00 AM.

L’Unicef fa la conta dei danni causati dal ciclone Chido in Mozambico, dove la tempesta ha raggiunto terra domenica 15 dicembre, coinvolgendo soprattutto la provincia di Cabo Delgado, nel nord del Paese. Venti e piogge hanno danneggiato o d
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Analytical report

07/Oct/2024 13:59 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

02/Aug/2024 07:09 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

19/Apr/2024 09:39 UTC

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Data, images, links, services and documents

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