Overall Red Drought alert for Zambezi Basin-2018 in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe from 21 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC to 01 Dec 2019 13:51 UTC

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Overall Red alert Drought for Zambezi Basin-2018

in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 14 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1012728
Name:	Zambezi Basin-2018
Countries:	Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date:	End of Oct 2018
Duration:	521 days
Impact:	Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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