🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 19,435 ha burned
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MULTI-YEAR DESTINATION ARCHIVE
South Africa natural disaster history & travel safety archive
Browse South Africa natural disaster history by year, including Wildfire, Flooding from the official sources used by TripPlanning. Older verified records remain available as new events are added.
SOUTH AFRICA DISASTER HISTORY
Year-by-year natural hazard archive
This archive connects recent South Africa natural-disaster alerts with older verified records so historical context is not lost when an event moves outside the recent 12-month window.
South Africa wildfiresSouth Africa floodingsSouth Africa disasters 2026
ARCHIVE AT A GLANCE
South Africa
- Archive years
- 2025–2026
- Records in archive
- 22
- Most common type
- Wildfire
- Archive structure
- Year by year
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Natural disasters in South Africa in 2026
16 records in this archiveSouth Africa wildfires in 2026
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 6,041 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 8,983 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 6,303 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 9,631 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 11,236 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 25,413 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 14,112 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 8,318 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 29,456 ha burned
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)Original source ↗
South Africa floodings in 2026
🌊 Flooding
Flooding in South Africa — low humanitarian impact
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🌊 Flooding
Flooding in South Africa — 764 displaced
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🌊 Flooding
Flooding in South Africa — 500 displaced
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🌊 Flooding
Flooding in South Africa — low humanitarian impact
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🌊 Flooding
Flooding in Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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🌊 Flooding
Flooding in South Africa — 19 deaths reported
Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)Original source ↗
Natural disasters in South Africa in 2025
6 records in this archiveSouth Africa wildfires in 2025
🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 20,978 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 53,502 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 8,185 ha burned
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🔥 Wildfire
Forest fire in South Africa — 7,004 ha burned
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South Africa floodings in 2025
🌊 Flooding
Flooding in South Africa — 4 deaths reported
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🌊 Flooding
Flooding in South Africa — 4 deaths reported
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