Namibia

Brief · 19 September 2026

This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.

Namibia remained affected by multiple active wildfires over the past week, with several new red-severity fires detected around 13 September and one large fire near the Botswana border rated red severity. Thermal satellite data recorded high fire radiative power across the significant fires, with most holding steady while additional wildfires continued burning elsewhere in the country.

Wildfire Two new red-severity wildfires in Namibia were first detected on 13 September, with total fire radiative power reaching 8,193 MW and 11,454 MW respectively across hundreds of thermal detections. A separate ongoing wildfire in Namibia, also first tracked on 13 September, has held steady with a total fire radiative power of 6,485 MW as of 18 September. A wildfire in neighbouring Botswana affecting the Namibia region has remained steady since 6 September, with total fire radiative power at 6,039 MW.

Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 19 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 19 Sept, 20:42 UTC, 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.