Overall Orange Drought alert for Northern South America-2023 in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 Aug 2023 00:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Drought for Northern South America-2023

in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Event summary

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

Name:	Northern South America-2023
Countries:	Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	437 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 910660 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	0.5	20 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 157365 km2	GDO
2	0.5	30 Aug 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 218763 km2	GDO
3	0.5	10 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 497569 km2	GDO
4	0.5	20 Sep 2023 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 748929 km2	GDO
5	1	30 Sep 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 915400 km2	GDO
6	1.25	10 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1033160 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Oct 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1143728 km2	GDO
8	1.25	02 Dec 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 910660 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Brazil

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Medium	Maranhao	Brazil
- Medium	Para	Brazil
- Medium	Tocantins	Brazil

More information

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