Forest Fire (18596 ha) in India 26 Oct 2022

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1009906
Countries: India
Start Date - Last detection*: 26 Oct 2022 - 14 Nov 2022
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 29126 in the burned area
Burned area: 18596 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Articles: 23 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

India News | Maha: Three-month-long Programme to Curb Forest Fires Imp ... 2022-11-23T16:13+0100.

Nagpur, Nov 23 (PTI) The forest department in Maharashtra's Nagpur district conducted a three-month-long programme earlier this year that was aimed at curbing the forest fire incidents in Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) through public participati
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Pench to get India’s 1st fire detection tech used in Amazon forest2022-11-22T23:36+0100.

Nagpur: The Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR), Maharashtra, on Tuesday signed an MoU with a Bengaluru company for early forest fire detection and warning system. “Pench is the only tiger reserve to have such a fire warning system, which is also bei
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C’è un pianeta da salvare Il calendario dell’Avvento del Corriere per ... 2022-11-21T11:59+0100.

«Per una doccia bastano pochi minuti, non sprecare acqua e energia», «Passa più tempo all’aria aperta, conoscendo la natura si impara a rispettarla» e «Impara, e condividi con i tuoi amici, l’importanza degli alberi per avere aria pulita».
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All regions of Earth experiencing increases in extreme weather2022-11-19T22:08+0100.

All regions of Earth experiencing increases in extreme weather. Analysis shows all regions of the world are suffering the effects of extreme weather events and climate change. 7 hours ago 5 min Most regions across the globe have experience
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), DesInventar (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),