Botswana
Open on the live globe ↗Brief · 15 September 2026
Botswana's past seven days were dominated by ongoing wildfire activity across multiple fronts, with several large fires classified at red severity by GDACS. Three significant fires were tracked this week, including one burning with a total fire radiative power of 6,947 MW and two separate forest fire events that have together burned approximately 11,683 hectares.
Wildfire A red-severity wildfire in Botswana, first tracked on 5 September, continues to burn with a total fire radiative power of 6,947 MW, holding steady with only a 3% FRP change over 14 hours. Separately, forest fires first identified on 22 August and 24 August have burned approximately 6,200 hectares and 5,483 hectares respectively, both remaining active at red severity.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 UTC from Hazardly's own event records for the seven days to 15 September 2026. Not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 10
- WildfireWildfire — BotswanaSteady15 Sept, 06:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in BotswanaNew12 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in BotswanaSteady12 Sept, 12:01 UTC
Below the significance bar
- WildfireForest fires in BotswanaSteady11 Sept, 16:22 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — BotswanaNew14 Sept, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — BotswanaNew14 Sept, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — BotswanaEscalating14 Sept, 12:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — BotswanaNew13 Sept, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in BotswanaNew11 Sept, 06:00 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in BotswanaNew13 Sept, 15:02 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 5 events also first tracked this week
- 15 Sept, 06:01 UTCWildfire — BotswanaFire power 22,631 → 22,669 MW
- 15 Sept, 00:01 UTCWildfire — BotswanaFire power 23,467 → 22,631 MW
- 14 Sept, 16:22 UTCWildfire — BotswanaFire power 6,172 → 23,467 MW · Peak FRP 148 → 476 MW
- 13 Sept, 16:22 UTCWildfire — BotswanaFire power 1,882 → 2,997 MW
- 12 Sept, 16:22 UTCForest fires in BotswanaSeverity green → red · Fire power 9,311 MW first reported · Peak FRP 301 MW first reported
- 12 Sept, 12:01 UTCForest fires in BotswanaFire power 7,325 → 8,033 MW
- 12 Sept, 06:01 UTCForest fires in BotswanaFire power 6,527 → 7,325 MW
- 12 Sept, 00:01 UTCForest fires in BotswanaFire power 8,718 → 6,527 MW
Countries · by trend
6| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 9 | RED | escalating2 escalating · 1 steady · 6 new | 4h ago |
| Namibia | 13 | RED | steady2 escalating · 5 steady · 6 new | 4h ago |
| Zambia | 27 | RED | steady14 steady · 1 cooling · 12 new | 5h ago |
| Botswana | 10 | RED | steady1 escalating · 3 steady · 6 new | 5h ago |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | RED | new3 new | 17h ago |
| South Africa | 5 | RED | new5 new | 3d ago |
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
Nearby
- Namibia
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Zambia
- Eswatini
- Lesotho
- Mozambique
- Malawi
Every event on this page traces to the official source it cites; figures are the sources' own. The brief is generated automatically from those records and is not an official warning or advice. Check the linked sources and local authorities before acting.