Overall Green alert Drought for Northern Brazil-2023
in Brazil

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 3 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016449
Name: Northern Brazil-2023
Countries: Brazil
Start Date: End of Apr 2023
Duration: 162 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 497569 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Brazil: Dramatic drought in the Amazon2023-09-30T10:40+0200.

The Amazon rainforest is experiencing a severe drought: River levels dropped significantly, fish are dying and the human population is suffering as well. The weather phenomenon El Nino and climate change are to blame. Boats can still trave
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Bolivia faces water shortage as winter heat wave drives drought2023-09-29T23:16+0200.

FILE PHOTO: Isabel Apaza and Gabriel Flores sail in their boat through a narrow water path near the shore of Lake Titicaca in drought season in Huarina, Bolivia August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Morales/File Photo. LA PAZ (Reuters) – A prolo
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Bolivia faces water shortage as winter heat wave drives drought2023-09-29T10:30+0200.

LA PAZ - A prolonged drought in Bolivia and one of the hottest winters on record is threatening to leave parts of the South American country short of water, including in the high-altitude city of El Alto, some 4,000 meters above sea level.
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China trade council asks U.S. to carefully consider tech investment ba ... 2023-09-29T08:02+0200.

Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov also attended the meeting.MOSCOW (Reuters) Russian President Vladimir Putin met Andrei Troshev, formerly a top Wagner mercenary commander, to discuss... Waterways are drying, and river levels are
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),