Forest Fire (8090 ha) in Venezuela 22 Feb 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 1019314
Countries: Venezuela
Start Date - Last detection*: 22 Feb 2024 - 06 Mar 2024
Duration (days): 13
People affected: 25 in the burned area
Burned area: 8090 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Articles: 17 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

La ilusión viaja en un Ford T2024-03-14T00:17+0100.

El viaje es un tema que aparece con frecuencia en la obra del artista venezolano Christian Vinck, y no debe sorprendernos que también sea el leitmotiv de sus pinturas más recientes. 1 Podríamos deducir que esta insistencia se debe a su dobl
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El 70 % de la población venezolana es altamente vulnerable a las amena ... 2024-03-13T23:41+0100.

La (Encovi – UCAB) advirtió que solo 2 % de las población venezolana sondeada afirmó tener un sistema de alerta temprana frente a desastres socioambientales como inundaciones, incendios forestales, sismos y aludes torrenciales (conocidos co
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Amazzonia, imperversano i megaincendi: a febbraio emissioni di carboni ... 2024-03-13T14:40+0100.

L’Amazzonia brucia a un ritmo allarmante . Le piogge, che in questo periodo dell’anno dovrebbero inzuppare la foresta pluviale, continuano a scarseggiare rendendo le condizioni del terreno ideali per i cosiddetti megaincendi , ovvero gli in
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Science recognizes new species of giant snake: Northern green anaconda2024-03-10T20:07+0100.

"Our team received a rare invitation from the Waorani people to explore the region and collect samples from a population of anacondas, rumored to be the largest in existence," Fry explained in a statement. "The indigenous hunters took us in
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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),