Overall Green alert Drought for Central Midwest (USA)-2024
in United States

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1017425
Name: Central Midwest (USA)-2024
Countries: United States
Start Date: End of Sep 2024
Duration: 54 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109269 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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14/Nov/2024 08:20 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),