Overall Green Drought alert for South-Western Africa-2022 in Namibia from 11 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 Apr 2023 00:00 UTC

Event summary

No evidence of relevant impacts or not enough information available to date.

Name:	South-Western Africa-2022
Countries:	Namibia
Start Date:	Middle of Dec 2022
Duration:	279 days
Impact:	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22183 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.75	20 Jan 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36118 km2	GDO
2	0.5	30 Jan 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36118 km2	GDO
3	0.5	10 Feb 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36118 km2	GDO
4	0.5	20 Feb 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36118 km2	GDO
5	0.25	02 Mar 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36118 km2	GDO
6	0.5	10 Mar 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 36118 km2	GDO
7	0.75	20 Mar 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 69464 km2	GDO
8	0.75	30 Mar 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 617650 km2	GDO
9	0.75	10 Apr 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 581703 km2	GDO
10	0.75	20 Apr 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 581703 km2	GDO
11	0.75	30 Apr 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 620033 km2	GDO
12	0.75	10 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 760274 km2	GDO
13	0.75	20 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 822328 km2	GDO
14	0.75	30 May 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 468312 km2	GDO
15	0.5	10 Jun 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 397534 km2	GDO
16	0.5	30 Jun 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 77002 km2	GDO
17	0.5	10 Jul 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109838 km2	GDO
18	0.5	20 Jul 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109838 km2	GDO
19	0.25	30 Jul 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 33320 km2	GDO
20	0.25	10 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 33320 km2	GDO
21	0.25	20 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 22183 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Angola
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Zambia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Bie	Angola
- Low	Cuando Cubango	Angola
- Low	Cunene	Angola
- Low	Huila	Angola
- Low	Moxico	Angola
- Low	Ghanzi	Botswana
- Low	Ngamiland	Botswana
- Low	Caprivi	Namibia
- Low	Erongo	Namibia
- Low	Kavango	Namibia
- Low	Khomas	Namibia
- Low	Kunene	Namibia
- Low	Ohangwena	Namibia
- Low	Omaheke	Namibia
- Low	Omusati	Namibia
- Low	Oshana	Namibia
- Low	Oshikoto	Namibia
- Low	Otjozondjupa	Namibia
- Low	Western	Zambia
- High	Kgalagadi	Botswana
- High	Northern Cape	South Africa

More information

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