Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 15 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 29 May 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (7645 ha) in Australia 15 May 2023

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 1014304
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	15 May 2023 - 29 May 2023
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	7645 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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18 May 06:01 19 May 06:02 20 May 07:05 21 May 07:07 22 May 07:09 23 May 07:09 24 May 07:11 26 May 07:11 28 May 12:11 30 May 12:14

Impact Timeline

ID	GDACS Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	5253	18 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5467	19 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	6101	20 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	6703	21 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	6769	22 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	6773	23 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	6890	24 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	7110	26 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
9	0.5	7574	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	7645	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , Territory of Northern Territory (population 161,294) .

CCI Land Cover

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	5544 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Northern Territory	Australia	160000 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
Tindal	KTR	135	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	45 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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