Large forest fires are currently raging in North America, and there are many of them. They are threatening towns and villages, and many people have to be evacuated. High temperatures are forecast in some places for the coming days.<\/p>\n
High temperatures of up to 40 \u00b0C are causing a critical forest fire situation in North America. California, USA, and Alberta, Canada are particularly affected.<\/p>\n
Winds drive forest fires in the US and Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n Winds from the west are driving the fires. They carry sparks and burning material, causing more and more fires to break out. The situation is difficult for emergency services to control in many places. North of Sacramento, in a sparsely populated region of California, thousands of hectares of forest are currently burning. Over 4,000 people have been asked to leave the endangered areas - some homes have already burned down. But some forests are also burning in other states in the northwest and north of the USA.<\/p>\n Forest fires: Smoke clouds can be detected by satellite<\/strong><\/p>\n A similar picture is taking place in Canada: In the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, thousands of hectares have been ablaze for days due to hundreds of forest fires, which even destroyed part of the community of Jasper and the adjacent national park. A 150 km long cloud of smoke rose from there , which NASA recorded via satellite. Large and severe forest fires were already reported in Canada last year. The risk of these extremes is increasing due to climate change .<\/p>\n State of emergency: forest fires and floods in Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n California's largest forest fire has now grown to the sixth largest in the state's history. The smoke even reached the region around San Francisco over the weekend. It is suspected that the \"Park Fire\" was caused by arson . Although more than 10 percent of the fire has already been brought under control, the firefighters will probably continue to have a dangerous battle against the forest fires.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Large forest fires are currently raging in North America, and there are many of them. They are threatening towns and villages, and many people have to be evacuated. High temperatures are forecast in some places for the coming days. High … Continue reading