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Event:
DR Drought
Number:
2013-000053
Country:
MHL Marshall Islands
Location:
Date (YMD):
2013-5-1
Time:
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Information Source:
OCHA
Comments:
The Government declared a state of emergency for the northern Marshall Islands on 19 Apr 2013 due to a prolonged dry season and severe drought experienced in Wotje and the atolls north of Majuro. The severe drought conditions may have affected drinking water supplies, rainwater catchment storage, salinity of groundwater and agriculture/food production on the atoll islands requiring immediate as well as long-term response measures.
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