Overall Green Forest fire alert in Sudan, Uganda from 01 Jan 2023 00:00 UTC to 17 Jan 2023 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 1011503
Countries:	Sudan, Uganda
Start Date - Last detection*:	01 Jan 2023 - 17 Jan 2023
Duration (days):	16
People affected:	4907 in the burned area
Burned area:	32740 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

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

GDACS Score

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18 Jan 00:24

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	4907	32740	17 Jan 2023 21:13	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sudan , Region of Al Istiwa'iyah (population 1,406,181) . The nearest places are Arua, and Juba.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	160000 people
5 km	140000 people
2 km	110000 people
1 km	81000 people
Burned Area	4900 people

Land Cover	area	Source
Settlement	76 m2	GHSL
Protected Area	1262 ha	WDPA

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Al Istiwa'iyah	Sudan	1.4 million people
Nile	Uganda	1.2 million people
Haut-Zaire	The Democratic Republic of Congo	5.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Arua	Arua	Uganda	City	30000 people	98 km
Juba	Bahr Al Jebel	Sudan	City	150000 people	119 km

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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
Moyo	OYG	unknown				0	76 km
Adjumani		820				0	93 km
Arua	RUA	1204	Civ.	Unpaved	No	5600	95 km
Juba	JUB	460	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	121 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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