Tag: forest
Warmest day so far expected – in 10 federal states there is the highest risk of forest fires
News that moves us in July: Warmest day of the year so far expected +++ Equal rights only in 132 years +++ Beware of the gas bill in the coming…
No relaxation – alarm on the Adriatic: forest fire flared up again
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In Spain, thousands of hectares of forest destroyed by fire
A helicopter drops water on a forest fire in the Sierra de Mijas mountain range, in the province of Malaga, July 15, 2022. JORGE GUERRERO/AFP Toledo, Avila, Barcelona, Albacete, Orense……
Dozens of forest fires and hundreds of heat deaths
HHot weather, drought and forest fires continue to affect large parts of southern Europe. Portugal and neighboring Spain in particular suffer from peak temperatures of more than 40 degrees. In…
The great forest fires that have marked France since the deadly “great fire” of 1949
With its 16.9 million hectares covering 30% of metropolitan territory, the French forest suffers an average of 4,000 fires each year which destroy a total of 11,000 hectares, the vast…
Large forest fires, a recurring scourge in France
PARIS (awp/afp) – Like the fires that have ravaged more than 10,500 hectares of pine trees in Gironde since Tuesday, forest fires are a recurring scourge in France. With its…
Forest fires: nearly 11,000 hectares burned since Tuesday in Gironde
Add updated figures, quotes from the sub-prefect of Langon and Gérard Larcher BORDEAUX (awp / afp) – Nearly six days after the start of the fires, the two gigantic forest…
The impressive images of southern Europe still overwhelmed by forest fires and the heat wave
IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES – Part of Western Europe continues to suffocate this Saturday under a heat wave responsible for devastating fires. In the south-west of France, the mobilization of…
Operation continues – Forest fire in Bibione: Tourists fled into the sea
Our Italian neighbors are also struggling with a forest fire on the Adriatic Sea – the clouds of smoke could even be seen from miles away on Friday from the…
Avignon: 1,000 hectares of forest affected by a fire
Un “virulent” fire releasing a large plume of smoke was underway Thursday, July 14 south of Avignon, near Tarascon. By early Friday morning, it had already traveled around 1,000 hectares…
Environment Forest fires: “We are living through an exceptionally harsh season” declares Macron
Emmanuel Macron affirmed on Friday the “mobilization” of state services and thanked the firefighters and elected officials who are fighting fires, particularly in Gironde, during a visit to the Operational…
nearly 5,000 hectares burned, the Gironde on alert red forest fires
After the destruction by the flames of nearly 4700 hectares of vegetation and the evacuation Thursday of the 4000 inhabitants of the village of Cazaux, the Gironde was placed in…