Forest Fire (12626 ha) in Cuba 27 Feb 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 1012635
Countries: Cuba
Start Date - Last detection*: 27 Feb 2023 - 15 Mar 2023
Duration (days): 16
People affected: 1947 in the burned area
Burned area: 12626 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 18 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Antonio Castro va a Turquía cuando se trata de gozar2023-03-16T11:43+0100.

LA HABANA, Cuba. – No son pocos los amigos que me acusan de ser ofuscado y caprichoso. Dicen que insisto, una y otra vez, sobre un mismo asunto, aun cuando el tiempo pasara implacable. Y algo tiene de cierto eso que dicen; un pequeño detall
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Tradate - Col Gat di Tradate si parla di super-eruzioni solari - - Var ... 2023-03-15T17:13+0100.

Grande curiosità per una serata particolarissima, organizzata dal GAT, Gruppo Astronomico Tradatese per lunedì 20 marzo, alle 21 al Cine GRASSI di Tradate. Il dott. Giuseppe BONACINA, noto esperto di fisica solare terrà infatti una conferen
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New Forest Fire in Cuba's Westernmost Province2023-03-10T20:06+0100.

Members of the Cuban Forest Ranger Corps (CGB) are fighting a new forest fire in the western province of Pinar del Río, where 67 forest fires have been recorded since last January. The second chief of that body, Andy Luis Valle, confirmed t
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Veneto, Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna molto esposte a rischi climatici2023-03-06T19:29+0100.

L’Italia è uno dei paesi europei più esposti al rischio climatico. Lo dice la prima analisi globale del patrimonio immobiliare e del territorio compiuta da Xdi-The Cross dependency initiative, società di analisi che quantifica i costi del c
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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),