Overall Orange alert Drought for Zambezi Basin-2024
in Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016878
Name: Zambezi Basin-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000018-ZMB
Countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Start Date: End of Dec 2023
Duration: 272 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 154389 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Lo Zimbabwe abbatte 200 elefanti per sfamare le persone affamate dalla.. 9/17/2024 8:28:00 AM.

Lo Zimbabwe ha in programma di abbattere 200 elefanti per nutrire le comunità che stanno affrontando la fame acuta dopo la peggiore siccità degli ultimi quarant''anni, hanno detto martedì le autorità della fauna selvatica. La siccità indott
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Boost for food security 9/5/2024 10:20:00 PM.

Ray Bande Senior Reporter. MANICALAND is targeting to plant at least 380 000 hectares of cereal crops — maize, sorghum and millet — and surpass targeted harvest margins to boost food security for its growing population. Farmers are being ur
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African Nations Are Losing up to 5% of Annual GDP Due to Climate Chang.. 9/4/2024 8:39:00 PM.

A new World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report has found that African countries are losing a disproportionate amount — an average of two to five percent — of their annual gross domestic product (GDP) due to Many of these countries are
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Africa faces disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptatio.. 9/4/2024 12:36:00 PM.

Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation , according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Temperature increases in Africa s
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Analytical report

02/Aug/2024 07:09 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

19/Apr/2024 09:39 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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