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Mali ECHO 2014 activitiesEmergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map | 29/01/2019
Southern Africa | Drought Situation
© European Union, 2019. Map produced by JRC. The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official
endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.
POPULATION PER ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION*Source: JRC GHSL
SOIL MOISTURE ANOMALY (SMA)2 (Dec 2018)Source: JRC GDO
*Regions (Namibia, Malawi), Provinces (Angola, Mozambique, South Africa,
Zambia, Zimbabwe), Divisions (Botswana). Not including Lesotho and Swaziland
administrative divisions.
5 – 10 Million
2 – 5 Million
1 – 2 Million
500 000 – 1 Million
10 – 12.9 Million
250 000 – 500 000
17 000 – 250 000
Very dry (> 2)
Dry (1 to 2)
Normal (-1 to +1)
Wet (-2 to -1)
Very Wet (< -2)
No data
M o z a m b i q u e
C h a n n e l
1 SPI indicator is used to monitor the occurrence of meteorological drought.The lower (i.e. more negative) the SPI, the more intense is the drought.2 SMA indicator provides an assessment of the top soil water content, whichis a direct measure of drought conditions, specifically the difficulty for plantsto extract water from the soil.
The southern African continent is highly vulnerable toextreme climatological events, due to the combinationof insufficient coping capacity, widespread povertyand strong seasonal rainfall patterns. The region isexperiencing a meteorological drought.
This region has a strong precipitation seasonality,with most of the annual rainfall falling betweenNovember and March. The meteorological droughtexperienced in the region could impact the next leanseason.
In most affected areas, sowing stage was delayed andfood security decreased for most low-income ruralhouseholds, which depend on rainfed crops, inparticular in Zambia, Zimbabwe, southernMozambique, southern Angola and locally in Namibia.Moreover, reservoir levels are generally decreasingacross most countries.
SITUATION OVERVIEWSource: JRC GDO
S O U T H W E S T
I N D I A N
O C E A NS O U T H
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
MozambiqueChannel
MozambiqueChannel
SOUTH WEST
INDIAN
OCEAN
SOUTH WEST
INDIAN
OCEAN
SOUTH
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
SOUTH
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
STANDARDIZED
PRECIPITATION INDEX
(SPI)1 (Oct-Dec 2018) Source: JRC GDO
Disputed area
State boundary
Extremely dry (< -2)
Severely dry (-2 to -1.5)
Moderately dry (-1.5 to -1)
Near normal (-1 to +1)
Moderately wet (1 to 1.5)
Severely wet (1.5 to 2)
Extremely wet (> 2)
No data
Administrative division*boundary
Main water reservoir
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