Forest Fire (21276 ha) in Sudan 01 Jan 2023

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1011489
Countries: Sudan
Start Date - Last detection*: 01 Jan 2023 - 17 Jan 2023
Duration (days): 16
People affected: 11050 in the burned area
Burned area: 21276 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 2 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

2022 – year of extreme weather, climate events2023-01-10T17:07+0100.

The year 2022 was marked by record droughts, heatwaves, forest fires, floods and a record low level of the Antarctic sea ice. Extremes – to put it in one word, according to a report by Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation prog
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Weather extremes becoming 'new normal', warns UK's National Trust2022-12-28T17:13+0100.

A youth wades through floodwater following heavy rain in the Sudanese Red Sea city of Port Sudan, on Dec. 21, 2022. AFP PHOTO London, United Kingdom: Britain's National Trust on Wednesday said nature and wildlife at the charity's sites ha
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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),