Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mozambique from 06 Aug 2022 00:00 UTC to 13 Aug 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 1008115
Countries:	Mozambique
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Aug 2022 - 13 Aug 2022
Duration (days):	7
People affected:	11408 in the burned area
Burned area:	7973 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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09 Aug 04:48 10 Aug 04:49 14 Aug 05:04

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	11137	6740	09 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	11408	7647	10 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	11408	7973	14 Aug 2022 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mozambique , Province of Cabo Delgado (population 1,283,344) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	100000 people
5 km	78000 people
2 km	26000 people
1 km	23000 people
Burned Area	11000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	114 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Cabo Delgado	Mozambique	1.3 million people
Niassa	Mozambique	700000 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
Montepuez	MTU	unknown				0	69 km
Marrupa		756	Civ.	Paved	No	5600	93 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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