Overall Orange alert Drought for Argentina, Paraguay-2021
in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 46 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1013868
Name: Argentina, Paraguay-2021
Glide number: DR-2021-000178-BOL
Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay
Start Date: End of Jan 2020
Duration: 1417 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 995245 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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How climate change threatens global agriculture2023-12-07T19:15+0100.

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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

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

18/Oct/2021 14:30 UTC

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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),