Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sudan from 24 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 11 Dec 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 1010286
Countries:	Sudan
Start Date - Last detection*:	24 Nov 2022 - 13 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	17847 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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03 Dec 05:02 04 Dec 05:05 05 Dec 05:02 06 Dec 05:05 07 Dec 05:06 09 Dec 05:10 10 Dec 05:09 11 Dec 05:18 12 Dec 05:19

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5545	03 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	7296	04 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7493	05 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	8714	06 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	10219	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	14180	09 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	16727	10 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
8	0.5	17695	11 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
9	0.5	17847	12 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
10	0.5	19115	13 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
11	0.5	20201	14 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sudan , Region of Bahr al Ghazal (population 1,353,112) .

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bahr al Ghazal	Sudan	1.4 million people

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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