Overall Orange alert Drought for Argentina-2021
in Argentina

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 42 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1013868
Name: Argentina-2021
Glide number: DR-2021-000178-BOL
Countries: Argentina
Start Date: End of Jun 2023
Duration: 323 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 203502 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 99 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 5

Another climate record: Extreme heat, hurricanes, droughts ravage Lati ... 2024-05-09T08:57+0200.

Exceptional and extreme. According to WMO, the 2023 mean temperature was the highest on record, 0.82°C above the 1991–2020 average and 1.39°C above the 1961–1990 baseline. The year was “exceptional” for Mexico, where temperatures exceeded 4
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El Niño and climate change impacts hit Latin America and Caribbean in ... 2024-05-09T08:37+0200.

Warmest year on record. Drought, heatwaves, rainfall and floods undermine economic development. Sea level rise threatens coastal areas and glacier retreat accelerates. LAC region lags in providing weather and climate services. Integrated cl
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2023 'year of record climatic hazards' in Latin America: UN2024-05-09T07:50+0200.

class='cf'> Droughts, heatwaves, extreme rainfall and a record-breaking hurricane had major impacts on health, food and energy security, and economic development, the U.N. body said in a new report. "Unfortunately, 2023 was a year of record
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Desastres climáticos: fueron récord durante 20232024-05-09T07:33+0200.

Además, señaló que se ha acelerado la subida del nivel del mar y el retroceso de los glaciares, y que se produjo “un gran cambio” en la distribución de las precipitaciones que causó sequías e incendios forestales y también inundaciones y de
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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Analytical report

14/Jul/2023 13:47 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

21/Mar/2022 10:02 UTC

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Analytical report

18/Oct/2021 14:30 UTC

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Daily Maps:

26/Nov/2021 03:47 UTC

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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),