Overall Orange Drought alert for South America-2023 in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 20 May 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for South America-2023

in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 20 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1016449
Name:	South America-2023
Glide number:	DR-2023-000204-BRA
Countries:	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Venezuela
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	729 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1745043 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Forest fire in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 16 Feb 2024 15:42

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Fiumi in secca in Sudamerica, a rischio l''export agricolo 9/19/2024 5:52:00 PM.

La grave siccità che sta colpendo le regioni meridionali del Brasile, la Bolivia e il Paraguay, oltre a provocare la peggiore ondata di incendi mai registrata nella regione si sta ripercuotendo in modo pesante anche sulla navigabilità dell'

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Suramérica enfrenta una de las peores olas de incendios en los últimos.. 9/19/2024 3:18:00 PM.

Suramérica pasa por una de las peores épocas de sequía en los últimos meses, lo que ha generado las condiciones propicias para la generación y propagación de múltiples incendios en la región, en especial en la Amazonía, con un reporte de al

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Más de 350.000 incendios forestales ponen en emergencia a Sudamérica 9/19/2024 2:40:00 PM.

Esta gran cantidad de incendios se registra luego de 15 años. Brasil es el más afectado con 128.000 focos de incendio. Bolivia ya ha perdido más de 3,8 millones de hectáreas de bosques. Conozca la situación regional. Suramérica pasa por una

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South America Faces One of the Worst Waves of Wildfires in Recent Year.. 9/19/2024 1:34:00 PM.

In several South American regions, rural populations often burn land to “prepare” it for agriculture and livestock. This practice, exacerbated by drought and strong winds, is considered one of the causes of wildfires in South America. Many

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02/Aug/2024 07:09 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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04/Jan/2024 14:20 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Daily Maps: ECHO Daily Map of 16 February 2024

16/Feb/2024 15:42 UTC

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

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