Forest Fire (5946 ha) in Sudan 17 Mar 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 1019517
Countries: Sudan
Start Date - Last detection*: 17 Mar 2024 - 26 Mar 2024
Duration (days): 9
People affected: 81 in the burned area
Burned area: 5946 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

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

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Da Cento al Bangladesh: "Così aiuto i profughi a vivere ogni giorno"2024-04-04T06:39+0200.

La settimana santa appena trascorsa, Anna Orlandini – che lavora alla direzione generale per la Protezione civile europea e per le operazioni di aiuto umanitario della Commissione europea in Bangladesh – l’ha trascorsa a Cento, sua città na
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Climate crisis everywhere, all at once: Record-breaking temperature in ... 2024-03-20T06:19+0100.

Almost every day over the last nine months, Indonesia has broken national records. The record-breaking temperatures continued on March 19, 2024, when many stations reported their warmest March night on record. At the same time, temperature
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Un escribano en la Ciudad de Barro2024-03-20T04:07+0100.

“Todo el día de hoy hizo calor, como si fuera enero. El verano parece no querer irse y encima por la tarde tuvimos ráfagas de viento zonda Nos juntamos en la casa del Juez Domingo Bombal a donde suele ir el fiscal Villegas. Manuel Ortiz, An
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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),