In the EU, an area the size of Cyprus was burned because of the fire

Despite abnormal heat, a large amount of burning plants in abandoned lands is recognized as the main cause of disasters.

This year, the forest fire in the European Union broke more than 1 million hectares – a record indicator from the beginning of observations in 2006. He writes about it Politico On Friday, August 22th.

According to the European System of Information on Forest Fires (EFFIS), from the beginning of the year 1,016,000 hectares of territory were burned, which exceeded the Cyprus area or nearly a third of Belgium. The previous Anti -record was recorded in 2017 – nearly 988 thousand hectares.

The countries of the Pyrenee Peninsula suffered the greatest losses. More than 400 thousand hectares were burned in Spain, in Portugal – more than 270 thousand hectares, almost 3% of the country’s entire territory. For Spain, this is the worst year since 1994, state data testifies to.

It is noted that climate change improves the risk of forest fires, causing more frequent and intense waves of heat and drought.

However, scientists have explained the size of the flames with excessive dry plants in abandoned lands and inadequate prevention measures. In particular, this week the special prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into the lack of plans to prevent fires.

According to Effis, forest fires also contributed to the releases of a record amount of carbon dioxide, which improves the warming of the world.

As we have written, the record heat in Spain has caused a forest fire.

In the past, Greece was forced to seek help in removing large fires.

In Turkey, the temperature reaches a record of 50.5 ° C

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