Overall Green alert Drought for Central USA-2021
in United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 5 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1015088
Name: Central USA-2021
Countries: United States
Start Date: End of Jun 2022
Duration: 349 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 816829 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 439 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

At least 42 dead, thousands homeless in Haiti after a weekend of heavy ... 2023-06-05T23:47+0200.

A weekend of torrential rains and widespread flooding in Haiti have left at least 42 people dead, 11 missing and some 19,000 homeless, the government’s disaster response agency said. The Office of Civil Protection said the weather has left
...(more)
Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit All-Time High—And Are Growing Rapidly2023-06-05T23:01+0200.

Topline. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached an all-time record high last month, after growing at one of the fastest rates on record, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report published Monday—a dismal indi
...(more)
At least 42 dead, thousands homeless in Haiti after a weekend of heavy ... 2023-06-05T22:48+0200.

A weekend of torrential rains and widespread flooding in Haiti have left at least 42 people dead, 11 missing and some 19,000 homeless, the government’s disaster response agency said. The Office of Civil Protection said the weather has left
...(more)
Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere surge, hit a new all-time high2023-06-05T21:47+0200.

Despite rising awareness about global climate change and its devastating impacts, carbon dioxide levels keep treading in the wrong direction. This year’s annual increase of CO2 levels is one of the largest on record, representing an accu
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (37), WMO (1), INFORM (2),