Overall Orange Drought alert for Eastern Australia-2019 in Australia from 21 Jun 2019 00:00 UTC to 06 Nov 2019 16:17 UTC

Event summary

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

Name:	Eastern Australia-2019
Countries:	Australia
Start Date:	End of Jun 2019
Duration:	257 days
Impact:	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 520141 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	0.5	01 Aug 2019 10:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 180781 km2	GDO
2	0.5	13 Aug 2019 12:07	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 361403 km2	GDO
3	0.5	26 Aug 2019 13:37	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 383299 km2	GDO
4	0.75	08 Sep 2019 10:47	Minor impact for agricultural drought in 382867 km2	GDO
5	1	10 Sep 2019 14:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 509144 km2	GDO
6	1	25 Sep 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 608467 km2	GDO
7	1	03 Oct 2019 13:57	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 638631 km2	GDO
8	1	22 Oct 2019 08:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 723542 km2	GDO
9	1	24 Oct 2019 13:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 723542 km2	GDO
10	1	06 Nov 2019 16:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 638429 km2	GDO
11	1	13 Nov 2019 10:07	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 711320 km2	GDO
12	1	20 Nov 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 755365 km2	GDO
13	1	01 Dec 2019 13:51	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 713708 km2	GDO
14	1	24 Dec 2019 14:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 762961 km2	GDO
15	1	26 Dec 2019 11:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 867606 km2	GDO
16	1.25	06 Jan 2020 14:47	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 908746 km2	GDO
17	1.25	13 Jan 2020 14:17	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1041281 km2	GDO
18	1.25	21 Jan 2020 13:27	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1069221 km2	GDO
19	1.25	05 Feb 2020 13:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 690667 km2	GDO
20	1.25	17 Feb 2020 13:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 645774 km2	GDO
21	1.25	03 Mar 2020 14:37	Medium impact for agricultural drought in 520141 km2	GDO

Affected Countries

Country
Australia

Affected ARU (Administrative Reporting Unit)

RDrI-Agri	Name	Country
- Low	Australian Capital Territory	Australia
- Medium	New South Wales	Australia
- Medium	Queensland	Australia
- Medium	South Australia	Australia
- Medium	Victoria	Australia

More information

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