Overall Orange alert Drought for South America-2023
in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, 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: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela
Start Date: End of Sep 2022
Duration: 852 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 2577024 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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"ECHO Daily Map of 16 February 2024"

Latest media headlines

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has once again vowed to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, the world''s most important effort to tackle rising temperatures. The first Trump administration made a similar move in 2017, but
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Trump vows to leave Paris Climate Agreement and ‘drill, baby, drill’ 1/21/2025 3:40:00 AM.

President Donald Trump has once again vowed to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, the world''s most important effort to tackle rising temperatures. The first Trump administration made a similar move in 2017, but that step wa
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President Donald Trump has once again vowed to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, the world''s most important effort to tackle rising temperatures. The first Trump administration made a similar move in 2017, but that step was
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Analytical products

Analytical report

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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),