Overall Green alert Drought for Northern Brazil-2023
in Brazil

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016449
Name: Northern Brazil-2023
Countries: Brazil
Start Date: End of Apr 2023
Duration: 165 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 497569 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Articles: 165 | XAbout casualties: 42 | Last hour: 0

Oltre cento delfini del Rio delle Amazzoni morti per la siccità2023-10-03T18:43+0200.

Per gli esperti, che stanno ancora facendo accertamenti, sono la siccità e il caldo ad aver causato la moria di delfini rosa in un affluente del Rio delle Amazzoni, vicino a Manaus, in Brasile. Nell'ultima settimana sono state trovate carca
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Oltre cento delfini del Rio delle Amazzoni morti per la siccità2023-10-03T16:49+0200.

Per gli esperti, che stanno ancora facendo accertamenti, sono la siccità e il caldo ad aver causato la moria di delfini rosa in un affluente del Rio delle Amazzoni, vicino a Manaus, in Brasile. Nell'ultima settimana sono state trovate carca
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Drilling Into The Sustainability Of Ground Water2023-10-03T16:04+0200.

When I was a child growing up in California, my father borrowed money to buy five acres of pastureland. It had never been cultivated and was used to graze dairy cows. My father had decided to grow strawberries on that land which required i
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Natura Brasile, oltre cento delfini morti nella foresta amazzonica per ... 2023-10-03T15:29+0200.

Oltre 100 delfini sono morti in Brasile nella foresta amazzonica nell'ultima settimana. La strage di questi mammiferi causata da una grave siccità nella regione. La strage di questi mammiferi secondo gli esperti potrebbe continuare se le te
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),