Overall Green Forest fire alert in Namibia from 17 Jun 2022 00:00 UTC to 21 Jun 2022 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 1006355
Countries:	Namibia
Start Date - Last detection*:	17 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	11 in the burned area
Burned area:	52805 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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21 Jun 07:24 22 Jun 04:46

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6	35066	21 Jun 2022 06:27	GWIS
2	0.5	11	52805	22 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	11	58357	23 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	11	62225	24 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	11	64761	25 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	11	65670	26 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	11	66269	27 Jun 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Namibia , Region of Kavango (population 149,833) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	76 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	50737 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kavango	Namibia	150000 people
Ngamiland	Botswana	100000 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	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Dirico	DRC	unknown				0	76 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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