4 hours agoGlobal warming: Oregon's fire burns as much as 1/3 of Kosovo continues to spread
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Enorming fire in the southern Oregon has burned another 47 thousand hectares during Monday's day, bringing the number of acres burned to 364 thousand sosh an area that is about one third the size of Kosovo's territory. Challenging weather conditions have increased risks for fire crews that [...]
The challenging weather conditions have increased risks for fire-fighting crews, currently the biggest in the United States, Pryscopy follows.
Thousands of citizens have been ordered to evacuate, including 2,000 sosh living on steep terrain near lakes.
Despite the terrifying size of the fire, the damage has been minimal compared to much smaller fires in California's populated areas.
Climate change has made the U.S. West much hotter and more dry in the last 30 years and will continue to do so in the future. /Periscope
