Overall Green Forest fire alert in Tanzania from 23 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC to 10 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 1010314
Countries:	Tanzania
Start Date - Last detection*:	23 Nov 2022 - 12 Dec 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	21 in the burned area
Burned area:	7407 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	18	5865	04 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
2	0.5	18	6049	06 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
3	0.5	18	6549	07 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
4	0.5	21	7006	10 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
5	0.5	21	7407	11 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
6	0.5	21	8225	12 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS
7	0.5	21	8666	13 Dec 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Tanzania , Region of Mtwara (population 1,089,542) . The nearest places are and Mtwara.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	67000 people
5 km	37000 people
2 km	17000 people
1 km	14000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	38 m2	GHSL

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Mtwara	Tanzania	1.1 million people
Lindi	Tanzania	790000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Mtwara	Mtwara	Tanzania	Major city	95000 people	25 km

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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
Mtwara	MYW	113	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7400	24 km
Lindi Kikwetu	LDI	30	Civ.	Paved	No	5200	55 km
Palma	LMZ	unknown				0	76 km
Nangade	NND	unknown				0	95 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Mikindani		Tanzania	19 km
Mtwara	TZMYW	Tanzania	25 km
Lindi	TZLDI	Tanzania	43 km
Cape Delgado		Mozambique	84 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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