Overall Green alert Drought for Eastern Australia-2023
in Australia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016677
Name: Eastern Australia-2023
Countries: Australia
Start Date: End of Jul 2023
Duration: 140 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 267246 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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2023 WILL BE the hottest year on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service , with the official declaration made weeks before the year's end. The broken record comes as a heatwave scorches large swathes of the country, threa
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2023 NAMED HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD AS SCORCHING TEMPS SWEEP AUSTRALIA2023-12-07T20:12+0100.

2023 WILL BE the hottest year on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service , with the official declaration made weeks before the year’s end. The broken record comes as a heatwave scorches large swathes of the country, threa
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),