Overall Green alert Drought for Southern Russia - Eastern Ukraine-2024
in Georgia, Russia, Ukraine

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017051
Name: Southern Russia - Eastern Ukraine-2024
Glide number: OT-2022-000172-RUS
Countries: Georgia, Russia, Ukraine
Start Date: End of Mar 2024
Duration: 98 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 253352 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Allerta Meteo USA: arriva una grande ondata di caldo2024-06-16T18:30+0200.

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Temperature sui 40 gradi, stato d'allerta per 80 milioni di americani2024-06-16T18:11+0200.

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