Overall Green alert Drought for South Africa, Lesotho-2024
in Lesotho, South Africa

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016891
Name: South Africa, Lesotho-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000018-ZMB
Countries: Lesotho, South Africa
Start Date: End of Dec 2023
Duration: 216 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 32033 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Forest fire in Lesotho, South Africa - EC/ECHO daily mapFri, 26 Apr 2024 18:26

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 478 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

La siccità minaccia quasi 300.000 bambini in Africa meridionale2024-07-26T16:36+0200.

AgenPress . Secondo l’UNICEF, la grave siccità che ha colpito vaste aree dell’Africa meridionale minaccia la vita di centinaia di migliaia di bambini nei 6 Paesi più colpiti. Si prevede che nel 2024 oltre 270.000 bambini soffriranno di maln
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Mondo Clima. Unicef: “Quasi 300 mila bambini minacciati di malnutrizio ... 2024-07-26T15:36+0200.

Secondo l'Unicef, la grave siccità che ha colpito vaste aree dell'Africa meridionale minaccia la vita di centinaia di migliaia di bambini nei 6 Paesi più colpiti . “Si prevede che nel 2024 oltre 270.000 bambini soffriranno di malnutrizione
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Southern Africa: Southern African Drought - Extreme Hardship, Hopefull ... 2024-07-26T13:55+0200.

Johannesburg, South Africa Heading into the traditional dry period of winter in southern Africa, there was significant consternation due to the drastically below average rainfall the region has been experiencing since January 2024. Countrie
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Unicef: la siccità minaccia quasi 300.000 bambini in 6 Paesi dell'Afri ... 2024-07-26T12:57+0200.

La direttrice regionale dell'Unicef per l'Africa orientale e meridionale, Etleva Kadilli, sottolinea che «I bisogni umanitari che i bambini devono affrontare a causa di El Niño sono estremamente preoccupanti”, L'aumento dell'insicurezza ali
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19/Apr/2024 09:40 UTC

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