Forest Fire (16224 ha) in Australia 30 May 2023

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1014551
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 30 May 2023 - 12 Jun 2023
Duration (days): 13
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 16224 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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From heat waves to wildfire: Is Germany prepared for climate extremes ... 2023-06-21T13:12+0200.

Heat waves. According to the EEA, heat waves will become more frequent, more intense and more prolonged as a result of climate change. The summer of 2022 was already a "summer of heat waves,” the organisation wrote. In fact, last summer was
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Forest fire threat increases in Sweden, other Nordic countries amid dr ... 2023-06-18T12:24+0200.

Forest fires and other types of wildfires worldwide have increased in recent years, based on recent incidents, including the ongoing Canadian megafires and last year's French wildfires during a European heat wave. As blaze sweeps through co
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Forest Fire Threat Increases in Sweden, Other Nordic Countries Amid Dr ... 2023-06-18T12:20+0200.

Forest fires and other types of wildfires worldwide have increased in recent years, based on recent incidents, including the ongoing Canadian megafires and last year's French wildfires during a European heat wave. As blaze sweeps through co
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A federal fleet of water bombers could help control forest fires Glenn ... 2023-06-16T14:07+0200.

Glenn McGillivray is managing director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and adjunct professor of disaster and emergency management at York University. This year’s wildfire season is already the most severe one this century,
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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),