Forest Fire (5140 ha) in Venezuela 19 Jan 2024

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1019157
Countries: Venezuela
Start Date - Last detection*: 19 Jan 2024 - 28 Jan 2024
Duration (days): 9
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 5140 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 34 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Diario Causan incendios 112 muertes y centenares de desapariciones The ... 2024-02-06T14:12+0100.

Chile.- Días después de que devastadores incendios arrasaron la costa del Pacífico de Chile, asolando vecindarios enteros y atrapando a personas que intentaban huir en sus autos, las autoridades informaron el domingo de que al menos 112 per
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Calima en Ciudad Guayana: ¿Polvo del Sahara o incendios forestales?2024-02-06T14:06+0100.

Aunque se anunció la llegada del polvo del Sahara a Venezuela, en Ciudad Guayana la calima que observa, es consecuencia de la alta incidencia de incendios forestales / Foto: Correo del Caroní. Desde la semana pasada una fuerte calima en Ci
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Calima en Ciudad Guayana: ¿Polvo del Sahara o incendios forestales?2024-02-06T07:14+0100.

Desde la semana pasada una fuerte calima en Ciudad Guayana preocupa a sus ciudadanos, en especial, a quienes padecen de enfermedades respiratorias o alergias producidas por ese polvo que unos atribuyen al paso del polvo del Sahara por Venez
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5.1-magnitude quake hits near coast of Venezuela -- GFZ2024-02-06T04:40+0100.

Beijing, Feb 6 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted near coast of Venezuela at 0217 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),