| Event: | DR Drought |
| Number: | 2015-000150 |
| Country: | GTM Guatemala |
| Location: | Jutiapa, Jalapa, Zacapa, El Progreso, Baja Verapaz, Quiché
, Totonicapán, Huehuetenango and San Marcos, Chiquimula |
| Date (YMD): | 2015-11-2 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC |
| Comments: | According to information from the Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology of Guatemala (INSIVUMEH), the 2015 rainy season has been strongly affected by El Niño and its side effects. Rainfall levels have been very low this rainy season. Eastern regions of the Guatemalan dry corridor have not had rain for over 30 or 40 days.
Analyses from the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) indicate that much of the Central American dry corridor is experiencing a drought, where soils have very low moisture content and are classified as "withered". According to FEWS NET estimates, at least 25 municipalities in the eastern and central dry corridor are facing Crisis-level (Phase 3, CIF) food insecurity, and 15 others are stressed (Phase 2, CIF). The affected region includes areas in the departments of Chiquimula, Jutiapa, Jalapa, Zacapa, El Progreso, Baja Verapaz, Quiché, Totonicapán, Huehuetenango and San Marcos.
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