Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 18 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 06 Jun 2023 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (48684 ha) in Australia 18 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 1014332
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	18 May 2023 - 06 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	48684 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	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	10972	20 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2	0.5	12900	21 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	14639	22 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
4	0.5	15955	23 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
5	0.5	19350	24 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
6	0.5	21260	25 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
7	0.5	24134	26 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
8	0.5	33682	27 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
9	0.5	35378	28 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
10	0.5	37357	29 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
11	0.5	37950	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
12	0.5	38216	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
13	0.5	38426	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
14	0.5	39453	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
15	0.5	43598	03 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
16	0.5	46250	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
17	0.5	47542	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
18	0.5	48321	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
19	0.5	48684	07 Jun 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	48631 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

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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