Overall Green Forest fire alert in Zimbabwe from 22 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 25 May 2023 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 1014438
Countries:	Zimbabwe
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 May 2023 - 25 May 2023
Duration (days):	3
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	9109 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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25 May 07:02 26 May 07:02

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	7213	25 May 2023 03:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	9109	26 May 2023 03:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Zimbabwe , Province of Matabeleland North (population 1,303,086) . The nearest places are Livingstone, Matetsi, Hwange, Victoria Falls, Zambezi Deka, Deka, and Msuna.

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

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	12 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe	1.3 million people
Chobe	Botswana	15000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Matetsi	Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe	City	-	17 km
Hwange	Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe	City	33000 people	56 km
Victoria Falls	Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe	City	36000 people	64 km
Livingstone	Southern	Zambia	Major city	110000 people	72 km
Zambezi Deka	Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe	City	-	82 km
Deka	Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe	City	-	89 km
Msuna	Matabeleland North	Zimbabwe	City	-	101 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
Victoria Falls	VFA	1064	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	47 km
Hwange Town		762	Mil.	Paved	No	5000	58 km
Livingstone	LVI	991	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	77 km
Mukutsi		975				0	84 km
Bottle Pan		975				0	92 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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