Overall Green Forest fire alert in Botswana from 16 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC to 18 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1002730
Countries:	Botswana
Start Date - Last detection*:	16 Oct 2021 - 18 Oct 2021
Duration (days):	2
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	8851 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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19 Oct 03:46

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	8851	19 Oct 2021 03:00	GWIS

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Botswana , District of Ngamiland (population 102,957) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	8851 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ngamiland	Botswana	100000 people
Caprivi Oos	Namibia	78000 people
Kavango	Namibia	150000 people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Distance
Selinda	966	41 km
Kings Pool	945	45 km
Chobe	965	47 km
Saile	960	81 km
Vumbura	975	84 km
Shindi	997	93 km
Kwara	975	94 km
Omdop	975	106 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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