Overall Green Drought alert for Middle-Upper Rhine-2023 in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg from 21 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 10 Jul 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Green alert Drought for Middle-Upper Rhine-2023

in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID	DR 1016504
Name:	Middle-Upper Rhine-2023
Countries:	Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg
Start Date:	End of May 2023
Duration:	50 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 172228 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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