Right now
The most recent data we hold from GDACS arrived 2 hours ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
Nothing else has been detected within 20 km in the last 24 hours.
Reported by GDACS today.
It is the only one we have recorded within 20 km of this point since 14 September 2026.
What the source measured
GDACS reported: The Drought notification level is Orange. · Severity: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 509495 km2
Urban PEI: 2,020,479 within a heuristic 200 km radius; not unique people.
How we know
2 recorded sources include GDACS; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 48 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
Computed under scoring rules v5. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Event Data
| Type | Droughts |
| Severity | High |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 48 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.80/1 |
| Coordinates | 11.0150, 39.5280 |
| Nearest City | Dessie (17 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 2.0M within 200 km |
| Impact Tier | severe |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-14T20:30:47.004Z |
| Source | https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventtype=DR&eventid=1027450 |
Physical priority index · v5. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: gdacs. Occurrence: 2026-09-14T20:30:47.004Z.
First archived: 2026-08-31T08:28:25.723Z. Material modification: 2026-09-14T20:34:01.581Z.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
2026-09-14T21:16:48.584Z · data_change
Index 48 → 48; severity high → high; version 5 → 5.
2026-09-14T20:44:41.992Z · data_change
Index 48 → 48; severity high → high; version 5 → 5.
2026-09-14T20:34:01.581Z · model_change
Index 54 → 48; severity high → high; version 1 → 5.
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| EventType | DR |
| AlertLevel | Orange |
| Country | Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia |
| FromRSS | true |
| Google News RssFeed | drought |
| Google News SourceName | Ethiopia Observer |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"gnews_drought_497037_175","source":"google_news","severity":"medium","severityValue":40,"timestamp":1789334468000,"latitude":9.1,"longitude":40.5}] |
Safety Information
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Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.
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