Overall Orange alert Drought for Central America, Mexico-2024
in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1016963
Name: Central America, Mexico-2024
Glide number: DR-2024-000076-BLZ
Countries: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Start Date: End of Feb 2024
Duration: 156 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 295170 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

Articles: 20 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

BERLAC Project: Capacity building for disaster risk reduction in the b ... 2024-07-25T18:15+0200.

Attachments Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a region that faces a variety of natural hazards. These hazards range from climate-related, such as hurricanes, droughts, floods to geological such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcano
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Nacionales Video capta impresionante tormenta eléctrica en la ciudad d ... 2024-07-23T16:24+0200.

Durante varios minutos se observó esta tormenta en diferentes zonas de la capital guatemalteca, según se observa en un video que circula en redes sociales. La noche del lunes, 22 de julio de 2024, la fue testigo de una impresionante tormen
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La Banca Mondiale è pronta ad emettere il primo “bond siccità”2024-07-17T17:01+0200.

Il bond siccità sarà un nuovo strumento nella suite dei cosiddetti “cat bond” dell’istituto, ovvero degli strumenti a reddito fisso che ripagano i Paesi in caso di disastri naturali La Banca Mondiale nei prossimi 12-18 mesi emetterà il suo
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Miguel Ángel Curiel, de Aneberries: “Es crucial invertir en tecnología ... 2024-07-17T15:33+0200.

El recambio varietal es algo que conoce de cerca la industria mexicana, que lleva años desarrollando variedades que se adaptan al cambio climático y que entregan calidad y consistencia a los consumidores. En entrevista con Frutas de Chile,
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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