Overall Orange Drought alert for South America-2023 in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 Jun 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for South America-2023

in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 22 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, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	639 days (at 20 Jul 2024)
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1183647 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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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),

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