Overall Green alert Drought for Zambia-Angola-2023
in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016682
Name: Zambia-Angola-2023
Glide number: DR-2023-000269-NAM
Countries: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia
Start Date: End of Aug 2023
Duration: 599 days (at 20 Apr 2025)
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36162 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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