Overall Green alert Drought for Dominican Republic - Haiti - Cuba-2023
in The Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 2 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016107
Name: Dominican Republic - Haiti - Cuba-2023
Countries: The Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Start Date: End of Jan 2022
Duration: 433 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 109111 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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The 2022 Assam floods, following record-breaking rains, were the worst that the state has seen in the last decade. Soon-after, some districts faced a drought-like situation forcing farmers to work through disruptions in their cultivation sc
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30.03.2023 India - Abrupt floods and drought-like situations in Assam ... 2023-03-30T20:03+0200.

The 2022 Assam floods, following record-breaking rains, were the worst that the state has seen in the last decade. Soon-after, some districts faced a drought-like situation forcing farmers to work through disruptions in their cultivation sc
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Africa: Is Cyclone Freddy's Record-Breaking Devastation the New Normal ... 2023-03-30T14:33+0200.

Thousands have been displaced by weather-related disasters in Southern Africa, which are becoming more brutal and frequent. Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which struck Southern Africa between February and March, broke multiple records for both po
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Drought, heat waves could worsen air pollution for vulnerable communit ... 2023-03-30T14:07+0200.

Within just a few years, California endured its driest three-year period on record and its hottest September in history — a brutal summer month that nearly broke the state’s overtaxed electric grid. Now, new research suggests that the hards
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (37), WMO (1), INFORM (2),