Fires in South Africa
Fires in South Africa
23 February 2009
Current extreme weather conditions fueled fires in the Western Cape that continued to burn or break out since the beginning of February. Several fires were visible when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite passed over South Africa and captured this image on 23 February 2009.
TERRA
23 February 2009
The large image provided above is at MODIS maximum spatial resolution (level of detail) of 250 meters per pixel.
(source: earth observatory)
The current situation in South Africa is covered by a number of detailed reports (see GFMC Media web page):
- Residents of posh estate flee fires (published by www.capeargus.co.za, 23 February 2009)
- South Africa: CapeNature to Receive Funding to Assist With Raging Fire (published by allafrica.com, 20 February 2009)
- Cape fires may have been started by arsonists (published by www.iol.co.za, 19 February 2009)
- Fireman stoned while tackling shack fire (published by www.iol.co.za, 16 February 2009)
- Sir Lowry’s Pass blaze rages on (published by www.iol.co.za, 16 February 2009)
- Counting the cost as W Cape fires rage on (published by www.capetimes.co.za, 14 February 2009)
- Fires put strain on water supply (published by www.news24.com, 11 February 2009)
- Did rain put the fires out? (published by www.capetowndailyphoto.com, 7 February 2009)
- Ninety fires in one day (published by www.iol.co.za, 7 February 2009)
- Fires wreak havoc in W Cape (published by www.news24.com, 6 February 2009)
- Cape fires threatening fynbos (published by www.thetimes.co.za, 6 February 2009)
- All I could see was thick, black smoke’ (published by www.iol.co.za, 6 February 2009)
- New wildfire threat (published by www.iol.co.za, 5 February 2009)
- ‘It’s a tragedy’ (published by www.news24.com, 5 February 2009)
