Overall Orange Drought alert for Northern Africa-2022 in Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia from 21 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC to 30 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC

Event summary

Mild to severe impacts to people and to one or more sectors of the economy.

Name:	Northern Africa-2022
Countries:	Algeria, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia
Start Date:	End of Sep 2022
Duration:	191 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 210777 km2
More info:	Global Drought Observatory

GDACS Score

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Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Description impact	Source
1	0.75	20 Nov 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 116137 km2	GDO
2	0.75	30 Nov 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 94954 km2	GDO
3	0.75	10 Dec 2022 00:00	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 262464 km2	GDO
4	1	20 Dec 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 262464 km2	GDO
5	1	30 Dec 2022 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 179121 km2	GDO
6	1.25	10 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 266510 km2	GDO
7	1.25	20 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 266765 km2	GDO
8	1.25	30 Jan 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 225604 km2	GDO
9	1.25	10 Feb 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 547022 km2	GDO
10	1.25	20 Feb 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 557962 km2	GDO
11	1.25	02 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 180195 km2	GDO
12	1.25	10 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 210777 km2	GDO
13	1.25	31 Mar 2023 00:00	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 210777 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Spain
Tunisia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- High	Tunisia	Tunisia
- High	Batna	Algeria
- High	Biskra	Algeria
- High	El Oued	Algeria
- High	Khenchela	Algeria
- Low	Ouargla	Algeria
- High	Souk-Ahras	Algeria
- High	Tebessa	Algeria
- Low	Ghadamis	Libya
- Medium	Ain-Defla	Algeria
- High	Ain-Temouchent	Algeria
- Low	Chlef	Algeria
- High	Mascara	Algeria
- High	Mostaganem	Algeria
- High	Oran	Algeria
- Medium	Relizane	Algeria
- High	Saida	Algeria
- High	Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria
- Medium	Tiaret	Algeria
- Medium	Tipaza	Algeria
- Low	Tissemsilt	Algeria
- High	Tlemcen	Algeria
- Low	Oriental	Morocco
- Low	Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla	Spain
- Low	Chaouia - Ouardigha	Morocco
- Low	Doukkala - Abda	Morocco
- Low	Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz	Morocco

More information

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