Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sudan from 06 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 19 Nov 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 1009986
Countries:	Sudan
Start Date - Last detection*:	06 Nov 2022 - 24 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	18
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5594 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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16 Nov 06:05 18 Nov 05:03 19 Nov 05:05 20 Nov 05:07

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5023	16 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5127	18 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5324	19 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5594	20 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	7094	21 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	7188	22 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	7432	23 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	7473	24 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	7589	25 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sudan , Region of Al Wusta (population 1,599,605) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	3400 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	5599 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Al Wusta	Sudan	1.6 million people
Ash Sharqiyah	Sudan	-

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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