Overall Green alert Drought for Panama-Colombia-2023
in Colombia, Panama

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 12 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016315
Name: Panama-Colombia-2023
Countries: Colombia, Panama
Start Date: End of Apr 2023
Duration: 379 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 140180 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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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),