Overall Green alert Drought for Somalia-2023
in Somalia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016410
Name: Somalia-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000210-SOM
Countries: Somalia
Start Date: End of May 2023
Duration: 182 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 87260 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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La Somalia ha un anno di tempo per eliminare i militanti di al Shabaab ... 2023-11-21T16:23+0100.

La Somalia ha un anno di tempo per espellere il gruppo militante di Al Shabaab, legato ad Al Qaeda, dal Paese, ha dichiarato martedì il Presidente Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, mentre la scadenza per la partenza dei restanti peacekeeper dell'Union
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Catastróficas inundaciones dejan rastro de 50 muertos en Somalia2023-11-21T15:59+0100.

Mogadiscio, 21 nov (Prensa Latina) Las inundaciones repentinas provocadas por los torrenciales aguaceros que hace días azotan países del Cuerno de África han matado 50 personas en Somalia, dijeron hoy medios en esta capital. Los desbordami
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Climate change could intensify the conflict over basic resources in ce ... 2023-11-21T11:03+0100.

These are the countries in the world that will face the most problems in obtaining basic resources due to climate change. Climate change will not only cause events like hurricanes , floods or forest fires are much more common in the future
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Oxfam East Africa Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)2023-11-21T10:42+0100.

La peggiore siccità degli ultimi 40 anni. Gli autori hanno esaminato l’andamento delle precipitazioni nel 2021 e 2022 in un’area che include il sud dell’Etiopia, la Somalia meridionale e il Kenya orientale e che ha sperimentato “la peggiore
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