Overall Orange alert Drought for Argentina-2021
in Argentina

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 48 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1013868
Name: Argentina-2021
Glide number: DR-2021-000178-BOL
Countries: Argentina
Start Date: End of Jun 2023
Duration: 328 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 203502 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 145 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

"Uruguay debe buscar alternativa ante sequía; el hecho se repetirá", d ... 2024-05-14T09:28+0200.

Por primera vez en la historia una mujer está al mando de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (WMO). Se trata de la argentina Celeste Saulo (58). En entrevista con El País habló de la situación mundial en cuanto al clima, pero se detuvo e
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Heavy rains in Brazil go away 37 useless2024-05-14T08:23+0200.

SAO PAULO (AP).— Heavy rains within the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil, precipitated the loss of life of 37 individuals and 74 extra are lacking, the state civil safety company reported yesterday on Friday, whereas the Docum
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América Latina sufre fenómenos extremos a causa de El Niño y el cambio ... 2024-05-13T20:20+0200.

Tiempo de lectura estimado: 5 minutos. Sequías, olas de calor, incendios forestales, lluvias torrenciales y huracanes afectaron la salud, la seguridad alimentaria y energética, y el desarrollo económico de los países latinoamericanos y cari
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LatAm and Caribbean hit hard by crises stemming from El Niño and clima ... 2024-05-13T14:07+0200.

Rio Grande do Sul's “catastrophe is a tragic reminder of how increasingly intense and frequent climate hazards undermine socioeconomic development,” Saulo explained. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) pointed out last week that Lat
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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Analytical report

14/Jul/2023 13:47 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

21/Mar/2022 10:02 UTC

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Analytical report

18/Oct/2021 14:30 UTC

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Daily Maps:

26/Nov/2021 03:47 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),