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Orange-Alert Drought (104,014 km²) – Argentina & Uruguay – Nov 2025–Apr 2026 (GDACS DR 1018327)

Occurred 30 Nov 2025·Detected 11 May 2026·
🇦🇷 Argentina and Uruguay – approximate geographic centre of the affected bounding box (-67 to -56.754 longitude, -38.358 to -32 latitude)1 reportEnded 25 May 2026
Natural CatastrophePropertyMarine CargoEnergyCasualty & Liability

GDACS issued an orange (medium agricultural impact) alert for an ongoing drought across Argentina and Uruguay, designated 'Argentina-Uruguay-2025', first detected at the end of November 2025. As of 10 April 2026, the drought had lasted approximately 131 days, affecting 104,014 km² with drought indicators suggesting anomalies typical of severe to extreme events. The event carries a GDACS score of around 1.2, consistent with medium impact for agricultural drought. Data is sourced from the Global Drought Observatory operated by EC-JRC.

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Impact verdict

Low impact. LOW: Historical recalibration. The event may be locally severe or geopolitically notable, but the available reporting does not evidence a concrete London Market loss pathway such as named insured asset damage, vessel/cargo loss, port/airspace/waterway closure, energy/facility outage, claims/loss estimate, reinsurance impact, sanctions asset action, or pricing/capacity response.

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Affected countries

🇦🇷 Argentina🇺🇾 Uruguay

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