Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sudan from 27 May 2023 00:00 UTC to 05 Jun 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 1014539
Countries:	Sudan
Start Date - Last detection*:	27 May 2023 - 05 Jun 2023
Duration (days):	9
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	6034 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	5029	30 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
2	0.5	5160	31 May 2023 08:00	GWIS
3	0.5	5374	01 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
4	0.5	5402	02 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
5	0.5	5879	04 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
6	0.5	5894	05 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS
7	0.5	6034	06 Jun 2023 08:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sudan , Region of A'ali an Nil (population 1,241,526) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Land Cover	area	Source
Protected Area	6039 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
A'ali an Nil	Sudan	1.2 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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