Overall Orange Drought alert for Northern Africa-2023 in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia from 21 Sep 2023 00:00 UTC to 20 Jan 2024 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Northern Africa-2023

in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 4 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID	DR 1016686
Name:	Northern Africa-2023
Glide number:	DR-2023-000260-DZA
Countries:	Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia
Start Date:	End of Sep 2023
Duration:	309 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 305121 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

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Centinaia di piccoli fenicotteri rosa salvati dalla siccità2024-07-22T18:07+0200.

AGI - Circa 300 pulcini di fenicottero rosa destinati a morire a causa delle siccità sono stati salvati da un gruppo di volontari algerini , nei pressi del lago salato di Oum El Bouaghi, a Tinsilt, nell'Algeria orientale. In loco gli ambien

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Salvata la vita di 300 pulcini di fenicottero rosa grazie all’interven ... 2024-07-22T14:10+0200.

Un’azione di salvataggio senza precedenti ha dato nuova speranza a circa 300 pulcini di fenicottero rosa , altrimenti destinati a una morte certa a causa della siccità devastante che ha colpito la regione. Un gruppo di volontari locali ha c

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AU Executive Council agrees on reparations2024-07-20T18:50+0200.

Story by Fungai Jachi. THE 45th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council convened in Accra, Ghana, has agreed on a common position regarding reparations on member states by former colonial states. In November 2023, and a

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Freshwater Aquifer Discovered in Sicily Could Alleviate Drought in Mor ... 2024-07-20T00:24+0200.

Marrakech - Researchers from the University of Malta, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), and the University of Rome have made a groundbreaking discovery beneath the southeastern coast of Sicily. The massive freshwate

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23/Feb/2024 08:39 UTC

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