Forest Fire (10388 ha) in Brazil 20 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 1006294
Countries: Brazil
Start Date - Last detection*: 20 May 2022 - 27 May 2022
Duration (days): 7
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 10388 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 10 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Fire, Vol. 5, Pages 77: Forest Fragmentation and Fires in the Eastern ... 2022-06-05T10:54+0200.

Tropical forests provide essential environmental services to human well-being. In the world, Brazil has the largest continuous area of these forests. However, in the state of Maranhão, in the eastern Amazon, only 24% of the original forest
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Weather Alert and Warning Systems Market Size Reach USD 3.35 Billion i ... 2022-06-02T16:21+0200.

/ -- The global weather alert/warning systems market size reached USD 1.74 Billion in 2021 and is expected to register a revenue CAGR of 7.5% during the forecast period, according to latest analysis by Emergen Research. Initiatives being un
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Disastri naturali: l’importanza della prevenzione2022-06-02T10:54+0200.

di C.Alessandro Mauceri – Almeno 91 morti in Brasile a causa di inondazioni e smottamenti. Migliaia i dispersi, specie nelle favelas delle città nord-orientali di Recife e Jaboatao dos Guararapes, le più colpite. La scorsa settimana forti p
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Satellite data brings new insights on what drives Amazon forest loss2022-05-30T16:42+0200.

A new analysis of satellite data of the Amazon published in late May provides the most detailed analysis yet of year-to-year deforestation in the region, revealing exactly where and why the rainforest is being cleared across Brazil, Bolivia
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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),