The United States is engulfed in massive forest fires
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Fires engulfed several states at once – Oregon, California, Idaho and Alaska. People were warned of a possible evacuation.
Residents of Oregon need to prepare for evacuation due to wildfires that have covered more than 137 thousand hectares of land. Local authorities warned about this, informs CNN on Tuesday, July 20.
There are now 80 major wildfires in 13 states in the United States. About 20,000 people are involved in extinguishing the fire. At the same time, the largest fires are raging in Oregon, California, Idaho and Alaska.
“This fire is a real challenge and we look forward to a long fight for the foreseeable future,” said one of the firefighters.
At the same time, hot weather makes it difficult to fight a fire.
“The weather is really against us. It will be hot, it will be dry, and the wind will be unstable, which will speed up heating and bring in more air. Anything that is negative for firefighters is positive for fire,” added the rescuers.
Changing the weather is necessary to fight fires. Some fires are expected to be extinguished only with the arrival of precipitation.
In turn, meteorologists say that the weather forecast this week does not look promising. The temperature will be 10-15 degrees above normal, and the drought will continue along with the gusty wind.
Recall that more than 1.5 million hectares of forest burn in Russia… Fires in Yakutia are visible even from space. More than 200 fires have been recorded, and more than 2 thousand people are extinguishing them.
A video of a wildfire in Spain has been published
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