Overall Green alert Drought for Central USA-2021
in United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 20 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1015088
Name: Central USA-2021
Countries: United States
Start Date: End of Jun 2022
Duration: 344 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 816829 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Opinion: El Niño is back. What does that mean for overheated Californi ... 2023-05-31T13:31+0200.

During the El Niño of 1983, Californians counted their blessings. The warm Pacific waters sloshing eastward certainly brought heavy spring rains and record snow. But the state largely escaped the flood risks being frantically managed farthe
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (37), WMO (1), INFORM (2),