Overall Orange alert Drought for Central America, Mexico, South USA-2022
in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 11 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1016053
Name: Central America, Mexico, South USA-2022
Glide number: DR-2022-000390-BLZ
Countries: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, United States
Start Date: Middle of Nov 2022
Duration: 386 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 990126 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), WMO (1), INFORM (2),