For Only 6th Time Alaska Has Recorded a 3-Million-Acre Fire Season. Already. For the first time since 2015, Alaska has recorded a three million-acre fire season. Already. It also reached this milestone in 2005, 2004, 1990, 1969, and 1957 since 1950, when accurate counting of acres began. Related: Forest Fires and Extreme Heat Are Wreaking Havoc in Europe Here’s how they got there this season: July 21 – 3,000,532.9 acres July 2 – […] Fire Firebrains | July 22, 2022 0 Comments
USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast – July 21, 2022 | 5.5-Million Acres Burned This Year, Way Above 10-Year Average National Fire News National Preparedness Level 3 as of July 18 at 5:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. July 21, 2022 Three new large […] Fire Firebrains | July 21, 2022 0 Comments
Where Does Wildfire Smoke Go? Year after year, it seems like wildfire season is a perennial experience shared by millions in the Western United States. Millions upon millions of tons of smoke and ash drift into the atmosphere, causing hazy skies, electric red sunsets, and stiflingly poor air quality. However, what happens to this smoke? Does it circulate in the atmosphere forever? Does it magically vanish? Related: […] Fire Clay Malott | July 21, 2022 1 Comment
USA Fire & Smoke Report & Forecast – July 20, 2022 | 5 New Large Fires Reported Yesterday, “Extreme Fire Behavior” Reported in Idaho and Texas National Fire News National Preparedness Level 3 as of July 12 at 5:00 a.m. MDT (on a scale from 1 to 5) Current hours for the National Fire Information Center are (MST) 8:00 am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday 208-387-5050 This report will be updated Monday through Friday. Please check the IMSR for more information. July 20, 2022 Almost 3.1 million […] Fire Firebrains | July 20, 2022 1 Comment
Large Fires Reported in UK as Britain Experiences Record 104ºF Temperature for First Time A2 Southbound by M25. pic.twitter.com/LzyAbeqbgV — efenda (@efendaTv) July 19, 2022 Today, Tuesday, July 19, was the hottest day in British recorded history. Temperatures exceeded 104ºF (40ºC) in the UK as a heatwave grips Europe. Fires have been reported in London and throughout the UK as its citizens deal with the inconvenient heat. Reuters reports that the Met Office said […] Fire Martin Kuprianowicz | July 19, 2022 1 Comment
Heatwaves and Fires Scorch Europe, Africa, and Asia This article originally appeared on earthobservatory.nasa.gov In June and July 2022, heatwaves struck Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as temperatures climbed above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in places and broke many long-standing records. The map above shows the surface air temperatures across most of the Eastern Hemisphere on July 13, 2022. It was produced by […] Weather Firebrains | July 19, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Wildfire Halts Train in Spain as Passengers Anxiously Watch Fire Burn on Both Sides of Cabin Passengers watched in horror as wildfires burned on both sides of a halted train in Zamora, Spain, amid the ongoing heat wave. https://t.co/A0Kc0rZghq pic.twitter.com/RARgBPaxP5 — AccuWeather (@accuweather) July 18, 2022 Slowly yet oddly suddenly, the train rolled to a stop. As it sped down, bright dancing flashes of orange and yellow filled the windows. Tension rose in the cabin and […] Fire Martin Kuprianowicz | July 19, 2022 0 Comments
Forest Fires and Extreme Heat Are Wreaking Havoc in Europe A heatwave in Europe is causing widespread forest fires. Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, and Morocco are the countries most affected, but many parts of the eurozone are dealing with extreme conditions. Temperatures have reached 116°F in Portugal and 113°F in Spain. These temperatures have triggered wildfires that have forced thousands of people to evacuate. To make matters worse, the temperatures […] Fire Brent Thomas | July 19, 2022 1 Comment
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