Overall Green Drought for Central-Eastern Europe-2026 in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, Ukraine from 21 Dec 2025 00:00 UTC to 10 Apr 2026 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green Drought for Central-Eastern Europe-2026

in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, Ukraine

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	DR 1018332
Name:	Central-Eastern Europe-2026
Countries:	Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovakia, Ukraine
Start Date:	End of Dec 2025
Duration:	101 days (at 10 Apr 2026)
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 974139 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Virtual OSOCC

Meteo assessment

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Analytical products

Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Lupo, gli allevatori piemontesi chiedono interventi urgenti: incontro .. 6/23/2026 5:08:00 PM.

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Historia de los Mundiales Segundos de gloria: los goles más veloces de.. 6/22/2026 3:21:00 AM.

La historia de la Copa del Mundo está confeccionada por momentos de alta tensión que suelen definirse en las instancias de cierre de los encuentros. No obstante, existen ocasiones particulares donde el destino de un partido se altera de for

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Lupo e allevatori: confronto in Regione Piemonte su gestione e conteni.. 6/21/2026 5:59:00 PM.

Mercoledì 17 giugno presso il Palazzo della Regione Piemonte le associazioni degli allevatori - ARAP, Adialpi e il Comitato Salvaguardia Allevatori VCO - che rappresentano oltre 6.000 allevatori su tutto il territorio piemontese, hanno inco

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Exposed population

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Analytical report

19/Jun/2026 07:47 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Data, images, links, services and documents

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

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