Overall Green Drought alert for Central Italy-2022 in Italy, from 21 Mar 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 Jul 2022 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Central Italy-2022

in Italy,

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 4 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID	DR 1015511
Name:	Central Italy-2022
Countries:	Italy,
Start Date:	End of Mar 2022
Duration:	111 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 40964 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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04/Aug/2022 07:47 UTC

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