Overall Orange alert Drought for Iberian Peninsula-2022
in Spain, Portugal

Event summary

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

GDACS ID DR 1015708
Name: Iberian Peninsula-2022
Glide number: DR-2022-000389-ESP
Countries: Spain, Portugal
Start Date: End of Apr 2022
Duration: 409 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 188684 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Analytical report

22/Mar/2023 08:57 UTC

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01/Sep/2022 16:18 UTC

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04/Aug/2022 07:49 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (37), WMO (1), INFORM (2),