Overall Green Forest fire alert in Mozambique from 28 Oct 2022 00:00 UTC to 14 Nov 2022 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1010002
Countries:	Mozambique
Start Date - Last detection*:	28 Oct 2022 - 14 Nov 2022
Duration (days):	17
People affected:	937 in the burned area
Burned area:	21889 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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16 Nov 06:14

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	937	21889	16 Nov 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Mozambique , Province of Nampula (population 3,281,264) .

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	68000 people
5 km	64000 people
2 km	17000 people
1 km	16000 people
Burned Area	<1000 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	152 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	4406 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Nampula	Mozambique	3.3 million people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Moma	MMW	unknown				0	36 km
Angoche	ANO	36	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3600	64 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Moma	MZMMW	Mozambique	35 km
Angoche	MZANO	Mozambique	58 km
Rio Moebase		Mozambique	103 km

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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