Overall Orange alert Drought for Central Asia-2021
in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 8 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1015257
Name: Central Asia-2021
Glide number: DR-2022-000215-AFG
Countries: Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Start Date: End of Oct 2021
Duration: 908 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 865153 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Articles: 371 | About casualties: 54 | Last hour: 9

Heavy rains and floods kill over 100 across Pakistan and Afghanistan2024-04-16T21:06+0200.

islamabad - Authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan said Tuesday that intense unseasonal rainfall, lightning and floods across both neighboring countries had killed at least 100 people over the past several days. A spokesman for the Afghani
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Heavy rains and floods kill over 100 across Pakistan and Afghanistan2024-04-16T21:02+0200.

islamabad - Authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan said Tuesday that intense unseasonal rainfall, lightning and floods across both neighboring countries had killed at least 100 people over the past several days. A spokesman for the Afghani
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Heavy rains and floods kill over 100 across Pakistan and Afghanistan2024-04-16T20:57+0200.

islamabad - Authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan said Tuesday that intense unseasonal rainfall, lightning and floods across both neighboring countries had killed at least 100 people over the past several days. A spokesman for the Afghani
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Heavy rains and floods kill over 100 across Pakistan and Afghanistan2024-04-16T20:42+0200.

islamabad - Authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan said Tuesday that intense unseasonal rainfall, lightning and floods across both neighboring countries had killed at least 100 people over the past several days. A spokesman for the Afghani
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),