How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires in Europe
Hot weather helps fire spread by absorbing moisture from vegetation and turning it into dry fuel. “Currently, it is warmer and drier [fires] More dangerous,” said Copernicus Senior Scientist Mark Parrington. Countries such as Portugal and Greece experience wildfires most of the summer, and have the infrastructure to try to manage them – although both […]
Heat-fueled wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations
Heat-driven wildfire destroys homes, forces evacuations – CBS News Watch CBS News Brutal and dangerous temperatures are sweeping the United States, with heat-driven wildfires destroying homes and forcing evacuations. The National Weather Service said more than 60 new records could be set in 20 states over the weekend. Kris Van Cleave has the latest. Be […]
Planning Update – July 2022
Source: USFS, Draft Record of Decision, SNF Revised Land Management Plan June 2022 Forestry Plan Revisions Here is a current schedule of National Forests updating their plans: Individual links are to Forest Service websites. On July 8 Carson National Forest It has completed its objection review and issued its final revised Forest Plan FEIS and […]
Wildfires rip through Europe amid scorching heatwave
In a heat wave, wildfires cross Europe
why extreme weather forecasts have improved so much
The UK has recorded its hottest ever temperature, passing 40℃ for the first time. But you can’t deny it had fair warning. The Met Office issued an amber weather warning six days before the heatwave and upgraded it to red three days later, enough time to trade cooling-down tips with friends and stock up on […]
Europe’s Heat Wave Breaks UK Temperature Records and Drives Wildfires
LONDON – For the first time on record, Britain hit temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius – 104 Fahrenheit – on Tuesday, as a powerful heat wave moved north-west, leaving massive wildfires, lives lost and homes evacuated across Europe. Equipped to handle the new reality of extreme weather. As the heat moved from Greece to Scotland, […]
Additional wildfires erupt in Europe as intense heat continues
Multiple fires on a prairie and city frontage in Greater London destroy dozens of homes Multiple fires between prairies and cities destroyed buildings in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2022. Sky News. The North London wildfire danger on Tuesday reached an “extremely severe” stage which is about three degrees of altitude, followed by “very […]
Two huge forest fires Castilla-La Mancha have been raised to Level 2 alert
A picture of one of the forest fires in Castilla-La Mancha. Credit: [email protected] The Infocam scheme in Castilla-La Mancha has activated its Level 2 warning for two forest fires burning and threatening people and property. More than a hundred workers are fighting a serious forest fire that has been declared in the Valdepeñas de la […]
Wicklow Fire Service battling forest fire since early hours at popular hiking spot
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Britain isn’t built to withstand 40°C – here is where infrastructure is most likely to fail
Hot weather strains the pipes that pump our water, the power lines that deliver our energy and the roads and railways that get us home at night. As global temperatures continue to rise, national infrastructure will be challenged as never before. Climate change is intensifying heatwaves in the UK, an affluent country with the capacity […]