Overall Orange Drought alert for Urals - Kazakhstan-2021 in Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan from 21 Apr 2021 00:00 UTC to 30 Jun 2021 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Urals - Kazakhstan-2021

in Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1014881
Name:	Urals - Kazakhstan-2021
Glide number:	DR-2021-000085-KAZ
Countries:	Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan
Start Date:	End of Apr 2021
Duration:	87 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 979473 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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