For those who care about drought management

Global Drought Monitoring

Near-real-time drought conditions worldwide, from early warning to on-the-ground impacts. Forecasts, observations and impact reports in one place, so risks can be anticipated and answered.

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Terradrought highlights

Continent-level summaries, a 9-day outlook and globally mined impact reports, refreshed continuously.

Terradrought · live summary

Continents under drought

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Global Impact Categories

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Most Reported Countries # Country name N number of impact reports reports by category · hover for counts 12 wk reporting window · impact category

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