# Drought in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

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Current agency report.

Feed health: degraded; this is last known information.



## Agency facts

- Alert level: Orange — Potential need for international humanitarian assistance
- Country: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
- Impact: Medium impact for agricultural drought in 270,713 km²
- Updated by GDACS: 2026-10-11 05:57 UTC
- Nearest indexed city: Iganga, Uganda · 20 km
- People nearby: 10 million in 45 towns and cities within 300 km. Proximity, not people affected. Source: GeoNames indexed cities.

## Source clocks

- Updated by GDACS: 2026-10-11T05:57:18.000Z
- Retrieved by this site: 2026-10-11T18:15:20.751Z
- First date GDACS lists for the event: 2026-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Latest date GDACS lists for the event: 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Citation and sources

Drought in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Medium impact for agricultural drought in 270,713 km²

GDACS: Orange — Potential need for international humanitarian assistance

Updated by GDACS: 2026-10-11 05:57 UTC

Retrieved by this site: 2026-10-11 18:15 UTC

First date GDACS lists for the event: 2026-05-21 00:00 UTC

Latest date GDACS lists for the event: 2026-10-09 00:00 UTC



Sources:

EU/JRC GDACS: https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1027465&episodeid=8&eventtype=DR



Natural Disaster Map: https://naturaldisastermap.com/event/g-DR-1027465

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