Overall Orange alert Drought for Italy, South-East France-2022
in Switzerland, France, Croatia, Italy, Monaco, Slovenia,

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 4 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of severe to extreme events.

GDACS ID DR 1015469
Name: Italy, South-East France-2022
Glide number: DR-2022-000251-CHE
Countries: Switzerland, France, Croatia, Italy, Monaco, Slovenia,
Start Date: End of Feb 2022
Duration: 173 days
Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 158590 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2022. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 18 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

The European Climate Megadrought – Which Happened 482 Years Ago2022-08-14T08:43+0200.

Europe’s biggest natural disaster. mirror online,by Axel Bojanowski Updated on 07/15/2014. Eleven months of hardly any rain and extreme heat: More than 300 chronicles from all over Europe reveal the gruesome details of a gigantic catastroph
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‘Exceptional’ drought reshapes food and energy supplies across Europe2022-08-13T02:55+0200.

London: The biggest drought in more than 20 years has been declared across the majority of England, with households warned their taps could run dry, farmers flagging major food shortages after failed crops and some supermarkets begin ration
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‘Exceptional’ drought reshapes food and energy supplies across Europe2022-08-13T02:54+0200.

London: The biggest drought in more than 20 years has been declared across the majority of England, with households warned their taps could run dry, farmers flagging major food shortages after failed crops and some supermarkets begin ration
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‘Exceptional’ drought reshapes food and energy supplies across Europe2022-08-13T02:54+0200.

London: The biggest drought in more than 20 years has been declared across the majority of England, with households warned their taps could run dry, farmers flagging major food shortages after failed crops and some supermarkets begin ration
...(more)

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Analytical report

04/Aug/2022 07:44 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

Analytical report

25/Mar/2022 18:10 UTC

GDO analytical report imported in GDACS update automatic procedure

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24/May/2022 05:18 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (35), WMO (1), INFORM (2),