Wildfires in Kenya
Wildfires in Kenya
20 March 2012
Smoke from wildfires affecting Mt. Kenya was depicted by the MODIS instrument on NASAs Terra satellite between 16 and 20 March 2012. Source: NASA
16 March 2012-03-21
18 March 2012-03-21
20 March 2012
(click on image for resolution 250m)
Location of Mt. Kenya
Wildfires preceding the Mt. Kenya fires: Fires burning in Wajir District between 10 January and 22 February 2012. Satellite-derived map prepared by UNOSAT. Click for enlarged myp.
Fire and smoke-related news of today and last days from Kenya.Note: The hyperlinks on the left side of each news are password-protected (User ID and password to enter the GFMC database are available for partners of GFMC). The links on the right side (in brackets) are leading to the original news source; sometimes these news are expiring rather swiftly – a reason for the establishment of the internal GFMC database):
- Picture gallery Mt. Kenya Fires (20 March 2012)
- Conflict fears as wildfires destroy pasture, cause displacement (published by www.irinnews.org, 20 March 2012)
- Fires burning on Mount Kenya may have been set by poachers; flames rage through bamboo area (published by www.therepublic.com, 20 March 2012)
- Sh8 billion bamboo lost in Mt Kenya Forest fire (published by www.standardmedia.co.ke, 20 March 2012)
- Elephants flee as fire burns on Mount Kenya slopes (published by www.google.com, 19 March 2012)
- Helicopters join in Mt Kenya forest fire fight (published by www.the-star.co.ke, 18 March 2012)
- Raging fires destroy forests on Mt Kenya and Aberdares (published by www.nation.co.ke, 17 March 2012)
