‘The fire has such power’: why the wildfires gripping France and Spain are off the charts
‘The fire has such power’: why the wildfires gripping France and Spain are off the charts
‘The fire has such power’: why the wildfires gripping France and Spain are off the charts
The fires facing Spanish and French firefighters are harder to put out – and much more intense.
While this region is no stranger to fire, our analysis shows these wildfires are off the charts. A very hot summer primed many areas for fire. When they ignited, they spread ferociously. The area of land burned in France is already 40% larger than the previous record year.
Some fires pose threats to large cities such as Bordeaux in France and Madrid in Spain. For the first time ever recorded in France, a fire thunderstorm (pyrocumulonimbus) formed over fires and made them worse. French President Emmanuel Macron described the fires as “unprecedented”.
Australia and Canada get these sorts of weather formations at fires, they make the fire unstoppable and unfightable
Ju swi en fucked
(I obviously have zero knowledge of French)