Forest Fire (6990 ha) in India 04 Nov 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 1010120
Countries: India
Start Date - Last detection*: 04 Nov 2022 - 23 Nov 2022
Duration (days): 19
People affected: 3145 in the burned area
Burned area: 6990 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 25 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Boy, 11, makes firefighting drone2022-12-02T04:19+0100.

Ludhiana: Vivan Gupta (11), a Class-6 student at Sat Paul Mittal School , has developed a drone called hexacopter which could be used to put out forest fires or fires in remote areas by dropping dry chemical fire-extinguishing balls. Vivan
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De acuerdo con el Global Forest Review 2021 de Global Forest Watch (GFW), durante 2021, los trópicos perdieron 11.1 millones de hectáreas de bosques. Tan sólo el ritmo de pérdida de bosques primarios alcanzó los 10 campos de futbol por minu
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Incendio en la mina de Centralia: El fuego de carbón subterráneo lleva ... 2022-11-30T19:54+0100.

El incendio de Centralia lleva ardiendo en una mina profunda abandonada en el yacimiento de carbón de Buck Mountain, en Pensilvania, desde mayo de 1962. Los funcionarios estatales no están del todo seguros de cómo se inició el incendio, per
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News24.com | France sees hottest year on record in 20222022-11-30T19:01+0100.

France has recorded its hottest year on record, as global warming stoked temperatures globally. The European country experienced successive heatwaves from May and into October. The extreme weather devastated communities across the globe. F
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), DesInventar (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),