Overall Orange alert Drought for Mexico, USA-2024
in Mexico, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 9 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016963
Name: Mexico, USA-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000076-BLZ
Countries: Mexico, United States
Start Date: End of Feb 2024
Duration: 303 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 387865 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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Here’s a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government.. 12/21/2024 8:56:00 PM.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after this week’s on a government spending bill. The money comes after back-to-back hurricanes — and M
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Here’s a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government.. 12/21/2024 8:20:00 PM.

By Rebecca Santana and Travis Loller | Associated Press. WASHINGTON Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after this week’s on a government spending bill. The
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Analytical report

07/Oct/2024 13:58 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),