Overall Green alert Drought for China-2024
in China

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 1 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1017243
Name: China-2024
Countries: China
Start Date: End of Jun 2024
Duration: 94 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 39511 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the .. 9/26/2024 11:27:00 AM.

A view of the canal at Prek Takoe village eastern side of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado) PREK TAKEO, Cambodia (AP) — The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions in the six countries it traverses on
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AVA y La Unió urgen soluciones para frenar las plagas y la sequía que .. 9/26/2024 6:38:00 AM.

Gonzalo Gayo. Valencia. Hoy en día, los agricultores de kaki de Valencia se sitúan al nivel de grandes productores mundiales como Japón, China, EEUU, Brasil e India. Sorprendentemente, Valencia ha logrado la ‘medalla de oro’ en la comercial
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Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade 9/26/2024 1:29:00 AM.

T he Mekong River is a lifeline for millions in the six countries it traverses on its way from its headwaters to the sea, sustaining the world’s largest inland fishery and abundant rice paddies on Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Cambodia’s plan to
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Reviving shallow aquifers: Part of the solution to India''s urban wate.. 9/25/2024 12:19:00 PM.

However, as modern cities grew, the humble dug wells, once a ubiquitous part of the landscape, began to vanish. These wells have now largely been replaced by deep bore wells tapping into groundwater reserves at alarming depths. India is the
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),