Possible effects to investigate
Food & farming
If crops or livestock are damaged → supply may decline → some food prices may face pressure.
Evidence still needed
Verified damaged acreage, yield estimates, stocks, imports and actual market prices.
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Reported by the source
Drought · Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania-2026.
Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Data freshness · Updated recently
Latest successful check: 18/10/2026 17:45 ICT
Reported by the source
Orange?
GDACS estimates potential humanitarian impact. These levels are not financial-loss estimates or probabilities. Green does not mean safe.
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- Countries / territories named in the source
- Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
- Source update
- 18/10/2026 12:57 ICT
- Reported start
- 21/05/2026 07:00 ICT
- Reported end / forecast horizon
- 16/10/2026 07:00 ICT
- Reported coordinates
- 0.772, 33.546
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Possible effects to investigate
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Possible effects to investigate
Water & production
If water availability falls → restrictions may affect homes, farms or water-intensive factories.
Evidence still needed
Reservoir levels, restrictions and the water sources used by each facility.
Possible effects to investigate
Electricity & costs
If hydropower or cooling capacity is constrained → power availability and production costs may be affected.
Evidence still needed
The local generation mix, plant restrictions, electricity supply and tariff announcements.
What we cannot conclude yet
This feed does not establish damage to a particular company, the change in your living costs, or an investment outcome. These require confirmed local damage, business exposure and price data.
How to use this with company analysis
First establish whether a factory, major asset, customer or supplier is in the affected area. Then examine the company’s disclosure and financial capacity. Headquarters in the same country alone does not establish damage.
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Evidence and original wording
Drought is on going in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, UgandaThe Drought notification level is Orange.
Medium impact for agricultural drought in 270713 km2
Updates recorded by FineME
Changes are measured from when FineME first received the data. A first import is a new record here, not necessarily a new disaster.
- Source report revised
Source update 18/10/2026 12:17 ICT · Recorded 18/10/2026 12:30 ICT
- First received by FineME
Source update 17/10/2026 12:57 ICT · Recorded 17/10/2026 19:48 ICT
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