Forest Fire (19375 ha) in Australia 14 Oct 2021

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1002704
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 14 Oct 2021 - 24 Oct 2021
Duration (days): 10
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 19375 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Latest media headlines

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A New Mexico-based company that flies firefighting aircraft dropped a .. 10/31/2021 2:11:00 PM.

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These World Heritage forests now emit more carbon into the atmosphere 10/31/2021 10:03:00 AM.

(CNN) — Human activity and catastrophes caused by climate change have turned 10 internationally recognized forests on the planet, also known as World Heritage sites, from absorbing carbon to emitting it, the researchers found. The Unesco re
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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),