Overall Green alert Drought for South-Western Africa-2022
in Namibia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016100
Name: South-Western Africa-2022
Countries: Namibia
Start Date: Middle of Dec 2022
Duration: 279 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22183 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Nuclear techniques helping Namibian farmers2023-09-05T18:15+0200.

Namibia is one of the driest countries in Africa. It is home to the world’s oldest desert, the Namib, as well as the Kalahari Desert, whose name derives from the Tswana word for ‘great thirst’. Approximately 92% of the country is defined as
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Climate monitoring upgrades urgently needed in Africa2023-08-28T14:47+0200.

[NAIROBI] Damage and deaths caused by climate-related disasters across Africa will balloon if the continent’s so-called “hydromet” infrastructure for monitoring weather and water and is not urgently upgraded, scientists warn. Hydrological a
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Climate, Vol. 11, Pages 147: The Drought Regime in Southern Africa: A ... 2023-07-13T15:12+0200.

Drought is one natural disaster with the greatest impact worldwide. Southern Africa (SA) is susceptible and vulnerable to drought due to its type of climate. In the last four decades, droughts have occurred more frequently, with increasing
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GMES & Africa Strengthens Synergy with PolicyMakers to Address Climate ... 2023-06-08T12:48+0200.

The Southern African Science Service Centre for Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) co-hosted this year’s GMES and Africa Southern African Regional Workshop that was he
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),