Overall Orange alert Drought for South America-2023
in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 20 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016449
Name: South America-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000204-BRA
Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela
Start Date: End of Sep 2022
Duration: 664 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1382440 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Forest fire in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 16 Feb 2024 15:42

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Las regiones de América Latina más y menos habitables según la IA2024-07-15T15:11+0200.

Por Damian R Natalichio Para identificar las regiones de América Latina más favorables para vivir con vistas a los próximos 200 años, se deben considerar varios factores críticos. Estos incluyen acceso a recursos vitales como agua y tierra
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La IA establece las regiones de América Latina más y menos habitables ... 2024-07-13T17:05+0200.

Para identificar las regiones de América Latina más favorables para vivir con vistas a los próximos 200 años, se deben considerar varios factores críticos. Estos incluyen acceso a recursos vitales como agua y tierra fértil, estabilidad clim
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Los incendios devastan el Pantanal de Brasil, amenazando su biodiversi ... 2024-07-12T22:06+0200.

Una serie de incendios forestales está convirtiendo al Pantanal de Brasil , el humedal tropical más grande del mundo en un infierno al aire libre. Hogar de más de 3.500 especies de plantas, más de 600 especies de aves, 124 mamíferos, 80 rep
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Devastation as world’s biggest wetland burns: ‘those that cannot run d ... 2024-07-09T12:15+0200.

Perched atop blackened trees, howler monkeys survey the ashes around them. A flock of emus treads, disoriented, in search of water. The skeletons of alligators lie lifeless and charred. The Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland and one of t
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04/Jan/2024 14:20 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),