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

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016878
Name: Southeastern Africa-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000018-ZMB
Countries: Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date: End of Dec 2023
Duration: 309 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 142157 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Lo Zambia senz’acqua e senza luce 10/25/2024 1:05:00 PM.

La diga di Kariba, dove al momento funziona solo una turbina su sei, generalmente fornisce l’80 per cento della corrente necessaria ai 21 milioni di abitanti del paese (in realtà, anche prima dei recenti problemi solo il 43 per cento aveva
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Govt ready to deal with rainy season hazards 10/19/2024 10:20:00 PM.

Nokuthula Dube. THE Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has established the Emergency Operation Centre as part of measures to respond to disasters during the upcoming 2024-25 rainy season. Zimbabwe, like other SADC countries, is set to rec
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Govt ready to deal with rainy season hazards 10/19/2024 10:18:00 PM.

Nokuthula Dube. THE Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has established the Emergency Operation Centre as part of measures to respond to disasters during the upcoming 2024-25 rainy season. Zimbabwe, like other SADC countries, is set to rec
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Giornata mondiale dell’alimentazione: l’allarme per la povertà aliment.. 10/17/2024 5:06:00 PM.

Ogni due secondi al mondo nasce un bambino destinato a soffrire la fame e ad avere il piatto desolatamente vuoto. Vuoto come i piatti giganti, esposti in circolo per ricreare una tavola in piazza del Popolo, riempiti solo da frasi come “La
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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),