Viet Nam Fire Emergency
26 April 2002
GFMC Update 25 April 2002, 06:00 GMT
According to the reports of the field assessment team, the mission is completed due to the fact that rain has helped to bring thee fires under control. Firefighting forces are being demobilized currently. The assessment mission will meet with the Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development in Hanoi, on 26 April 2002, for debriefing. More news will follow on this by next week.
Latest Satellite Image
Forest fires and land-use fires in Viet Nam, including the fire disaster zone in U Minh Thuong National Park, acquired by the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on 23 April 2002.
Fires can be seen
in southern Viet Nam
Source:
http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/products_rr.html
Image
search support at:
http://www.uni-freiburg.de/fireglobe/current/MODIS.htm
Precipitation
forecast for Viet Nam for 27 April 2002, 07:00 local time.
(Source: ECPC
Fire Weather Index Forecast)
Precipitation
forecast for Viet Nam for 27 April - 05 May 2002
(Source: ECPC
Fire Weather Index Forecast)
(Fire
Weather Index (FWI) forecast for Viet Nam for 27 April 2002, 19:00 local time.
(Source: ECPC
Fire Weather Index Forecast)
Fire
Weather Index (FWI) forecast for Viet Nam for 27 April - 05 May 2002
(Source: ECPC
Fire Weather Index Forecast)
Fire
Weather Index (FWI) forecast for Viet Nam for 30 March to 27 April 2002.
(Source: ECPC
Fire Weather Index Forecast)
Duff
moisture content (typical for peat-swamp layers) provided
by the ASEAN Fire
Weather Information System
(Source: ASFWIS)
For further Information please see the updates on the Viet Nam Fire Emergency of the recent days.