Zambia
Open on the live globe ↗Brief · 19 September 2026
This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.
Zambia continues to see extensive wildfire activity, with numerous fires burning across the country over the past week. Two significant forest fire events stand out: one that has burned 5,485 hectares with a steady trend, and a newer fire that has burned 5,311 hectares. Dozens of other wildfires are also active nationwide, ranging from orange to red severity.
Wildfire Forest fires in Zambia have burned 5,485 hectares with a total fire radiative power of 6,751 MW, tracked since 2 September and showing a steady trend. A second forest fire event, first tracked on 8 September, has burned 5,311 hectares and carries a total fire radiative power of 9,723 MW with 851 thermal detections.
- A forest fire in Zambia first tracked on 8 September has burned 5,311 hectares and is marked new with no ingest so far reported.
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.
Events · last 7 days · 0
No events tracked in Zambia in the last seven days.
Seven days of source changes
Revisions
No revisions this week — earthquakes are logged once and never revised; storms, fires, volcanoes and outbreaks record every source update.
Countries · by trend
22| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 22 | RED | steady5 escalating · 10 steady · 2 cooling · 5 new | 11h ago |
| Mozambique | 1 | RED | steady1 steady | 2d ago |
| Tanzania | 10 | RED | steady4 steady · 6 new | 3d ago |
| Uganda | 8 | RED | new8 new | 5h ago |
| Nigeria | 3 | RED | new3 new | 5h ago |
| Kenya | 3 | RED | new3 new | 5h ago |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20 | RED | new19 new | 5h 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 |
and 10 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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