Forest Fire (5050 ha) in Australia 18 May 2022

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1006175
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 18 May 2022 - 27 May 2022
Duration (days): 9
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5050 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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How Satellites are Managing Wildfires2022-06-04T21:16+0200.

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Disastri naturali: l’importanza della prevenzione2022-06-02T10:54+0200.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),