Overall Green alert Drought for North-East India-2023
in India

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 7 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016287
Name: North-East India-2023
Countries: India
Start Date: End of Mar 2023
Duration: 258 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 11138 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), DesInventar (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),