Tanzania
1 regional event not shown — no location within TanzaniaOpen on the live globe ↗Brief · 15 September 2026
This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 15 September 2026. The event list below is current.
Tanzania this week is dealing with two significant hazards: an ongoing regional drought and continuing forest fires. The drought, affecting Tanzania alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Uganda, has been newly reported at orange severity, while a red-severity forest fire event has burned 9,479 hectares within the country, with its trend assessed as steady.
Drought A drought affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda has impacted an area of about 159,974 to 196,893 km2, according to GDO via GDACS. It was first tracked on 29 July 2026 and carries a new trend designation.
Wildfire Forest fires in Tanzania have burned 9,479 hectares, reaching red severity, with a total fire radiative power of 6,450 MW and 231 thermal detections recorded via GWIS. The event's trend is steady, showing no change over the past 48 hours as of its 8 September update.
- A regional drought affecting Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Uganda, first tracked on 29 July 2026, is newly reported at orange severity.
Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 15 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 15 Sept, 10:03 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.
Events · last 7 days · 11
- WildfireWildfire — TanzaniaSteady10 Nov, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — TanzaniaNew10 Nov, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — TanzaniaNew9 Nov, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireForest fires in TanzaniaNew8 Nov, 20:15 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — TanzaniaNew8 Nov, 18:01 UTC
- DroughtDrought in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Chad, Tanzania, UgandaNew12 Nov, 08:29 UTC
Below the significance bar
- WildfireWildfire — TanzaniaSteady11 Nov, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — TanzaniaSteady9 Nov, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — TanzaniaSteady9 Nov, 18:01 UTC
- WildfireWildfire — TanzaniaNew11 Nov, 00:45 UTC
- Earthquake19 km ESE of Masumbwe, Tanzania9 Nov, 21:51 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 5 events also first tracked this week
- 11 Nov, 18:01 UTCWildfire — TanzaniaFire power 3,067 → 3,117 MW
- 11 Nov, 06:01 UTCWildfire — TanzaniaFire power 4,567 → 3,067 MW · Peak FRP 460 → 228 MW
- 10 Nov, 18:01 UTCWildfire — TanzaniaFire power 6,853 → 8,978 MW
- 10 Nov, 12:01 UTCWildfire — TanzaniaFire power 10,304 → 6,853 MW
- 9 Nov, 18:01 UTCWildfire — TanzaniaFire power 2,419 → 3,733 MW
- 9 Nov, 18:01 UTCWildfire — TanzaniaFire power 4,153 → 1,412 MW
- 9 Nov, 18:01 UTCWildfire — TanzaniaFire power 3,576 → 10,304 MW · Peak FRP 399 → 548 MW
- 9 Nov, 06:01 UTCWildfire — TanzaniaFire power 3,054 → 3,576 MW
Countries · by trend
20| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 1 | RED | steady1 steady | 2d ago |
| Tanzania | 10 | RED | steady4 steady · 6 new | 3d ago |
| Uganda | 8 | RED | new8 new | 3h ago |
| Nigeria | 3 | RED | new3 new | 3h ago |
| Kenya | 3 | RED | new3 new | 3h ago |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20 | RED | new19 new | 3h ago |
| Chad | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3d ago |
| South Sudan | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Sudan | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Rwanda | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Niger | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Ethiopia | 1 | ORANGE | new1 new | 3d ago |
and 8 more
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.
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