Overall Orange alert Drought for Eastern Europe-2023
in Bulgaria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 12 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016401
Name: Eastern Europe-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000138-AUT
Countries: Bulgaria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine
Start Date: End of Jul 2023
Duration: 407 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 300684 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Hundreds of Croatian firefighters battle blaze near Split 8/28/2024 9:02:00 PM.

Croatian firefighters in a small town near the country’s second-largest city, Split, said they had worked all night to prevent a large wildfire from growing and engulfing homes. Fire Chief Slavko Tucakovic on Wednesday morning said 250 fire
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COLUMNA POR LA ESPIRAL Por Claudia Luna Palencia Editorial | miércoles.. 8/28/2024 3:36:00 PM.

Los muertos por el calor serían muchos más Para los europeos, el verano está convirtiéndose en una auténtica pesadilla con termómetros marcando nuevos máximos, incendios por la sequía y ríos con cauces descendiendo dramáticamente. En los pa
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Fra temperature elevate e siccità esplode l’emergenza acqua nei Balcan.. 8/24/2024 11:01:00 AM.

BELGRADO. L e previsioni a 30 giorni dell’Rhmz, il servizio meteorologico di Belgrado, non promettono niente di buono. Temperature sempre sopra i 30 anche a settembre, dopo il caldo eccezionale di luglio e agosto, solo qualche millimetro di
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Los 50 patrimonios de la Unesco más amenazados por el cambio climático 8/23/2024 11:22:00 PM.

El paisaje cultural de la provincia de Bali: el sistema Subak, Indonesia: inundaciones superficiales, días de calor extremo y riesgos de sequía. El estudio, realizado a través de la plataforma Spectra, evalúa el impacto del cambio climático
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Analytical report

31/Jul/2024 04:29 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

06/Dec/2023 14:19 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

14/Jul/2023 13:47 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),