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Drought: alerta orange for Ethiopia

The global disaster alert system rates event "East Africa-2026" at orange (moderate to high) level.

Daniele Morais
August 10, 2026 · 2 min read
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Drought: alerta orange for Ethiopia
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GDACS, the global disaster alert and coordination system run by the UN and the European Commission, issued a orange (moderate to high) alert for event "East Africa-2026" (drought) affecting Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia.

From the official bulletin: The Drought notification level is Orange.

What the alert level means

GDACS rates events green, orange or red based on estimated humanitarian impact — exposed population, regional vulnerability and local response capacity.

With data from GDACS (Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System).

Source: GDACS

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