Overall Green alert Drought for United States of America-2024
in Canada, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017227
Name: United States of America-2024
Countries: Canada, United States
Start Date: End of Jun 2024
Duration: 182 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 467309 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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07/Oct/2024 13:59 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),