Forest Fire (11608 ha) in Myanmar 21 Mar 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 1012996
Countries: Myanmar
Start Date - Last detection*: 21 Mar 2023 - 28 Mar 2023
Duration (days): 7
People affected: 4740 in the burned area
Burned area: 11608 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 23 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Myanmar, il dramma senza fine di un Paese, che è il secondo al mondo p ... 2023-04-06T17:38+0200.

BERGAMO - Temperature estreme, cicloni, allagamenti, frane, incendi. E quindi morte, fame e mancanza d’acqua, povertà, epidemie e migrazioni. Il Myanmar è il secondo Paese al mondo più soggetto a eventi meteorologici estremi legati ai cambi
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Myanmar, i volti di chi vive gli effetti della crisi climatica2023-04-06T15:21+0200.

Undicimila disastri climatici negli ultimi 20 anni. Oltre 475mila persone uccise , e in Italia, solo nel 2022, sono stati 310 gli eventi meteorologici estremi, il 55% in più in un anno, con un bilancio di almeno 29 morti. Temperature infuoc
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Il Myanmar a Bergamo con la mostra “Semi di speranza”: l’emergenza cli ... 2023-04-02T20:26+0200.

La mostra non racconta un problema “lontano”, ma un allarme che riguarda tutto il pianeta. “Negli ultimi anni anche il nostro lato del mondo ha sofferto gli effetti reali dell’emergenza climatica: i fiumi si sono prosciugati, i ghiacciai si
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Thailand’s extreme air pollution: ’I feel sorry for my daughter’ 17 mi ... 2023-04-02T10:43+0200.

For the past few weeks, Thommamoon Khowasat has painstakingly explained to his four year-old daughter that the yellow cloud they see outside their window - which has tickled her imagination - is actually a danger to her health. It's a scare
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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),