Forest Fire (12123 ha) in Australia 15 Oct 2021

Event summary

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

GDACS ID WF 1002721
Countries: Australia
Start Date - Last detection*: 15 Oct 2021 - 24 Oct 2021
Duration (days): 9
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 12123 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 57 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Fire rages more intensely due to climate change2021-11-01T13:53+0100.

N After more than three months, the “Dixie Fire” finally went out on Monday. Named for a road it ran along, it was the second largest forest fire in California on record. Its flames have burned a scar of almost 4,000 square kilometers into
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Harry, Chenla, Zahra: così i bambini pagano più di tutti la crisi clim ... 2021-11-01T07:46+0100.

Dieci milioni di bambini nel mondo sono stati costretti ad abbandonare le proprie case a causa della crisi climatica nel 2020. È un numero tre volte superiore rispetto alle persone sfollate a causa di conflitti e violenze, secondo le stime
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MIL-OSI New Zealand: PHOTO SERIES: Surviving the Climate Crisis2021-11-01T02:44+0100.

Source: Save The Children. As the COP26 summit begins, Save the Children has released a new photo series documenting the stories of children and their families living on the frontline of the climate crisis captured by world-renowned photogr
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PHOTO SERIES: Surviving the Climate Crisis2021-11-01T01:47+0100.

travelled to coastal New South Wales to meet families whose lives have been changed forever by intense bushfires in Australia. Lim Sokchanlina visited Tonle Sap Lake (the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia) where fish stocks and low
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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),