Forest Fire (9314 ha) in Australia 13 May 2024

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1019767
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 13 May 2024 - 27 May 2024
Duration (days): 14
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 9314 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 19 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Additional aircraft on the way to fight fires2024-06-04T17:06+0200.

Six additional aircraft rented by Cyprus to help combat forest fires are set to arrive in the next few weeks, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC radio, Panayiotou said that four planes are set to arrive
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Great Barrier Reef bleaching crisis 'like a bushfire underwater'2024-06-03T10:57+0200.

It's too soon to tell if the heat-stressed corals of Australia's Great Barrier Reef will survive their fifth mass bleaching in eight years, but the marine scientists who monitor the reef's health are already despairing. Species of coral typ
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Esto es lo bueno de los incendios forestales (si se controlan)2024-05-31T01:13+0200.

En entrevista para y puentelibre.mx , el doctor en Ciencias Forestales, investigador nacional SNI Nivel I de Conahcyt, de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrícolas y Forestales de la UACH, abordó los impactos pero también beneficios alrededor de lo
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La desaparición silenciosa de los pastizales amenaza el clima, la alim ... 2024-05-30T02:10+0200.

Los pastizales cubren el 54% de las tierras del mundo; hasta el 50% están degradados, poniendo en peligro una sexta parte del suministro de alimentos de la humanidad y un tercio de las reservas de carbono del planeta. El informe de la CNULD
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),