Giant sequoia tree has been burning since the summer of 2020 in California

In a few months a year will have passed since the huge forest fire in california and a giant sequoia is still burning.

«National Park Service scientists and firefighters recently looked at the effects of the 2020 Castle Fire in Sekoya National Park and observed that a giant sequoia was still burning.Announced on Wednesday (5/5) the services of Sekoya National Park.

According to experts, this is due to the huge forest fire caused by lightning on 19 August 2020 and which extended. By December 2020, it is estimated that more than 700 square kilometers of forest have been burned due to this fire.

This sequoia is isolated and does not pose a danger to the environment or those who visit the park, but the phenomenon that continues for many months after the fire is extinguished “shows how far the drought has reached the park,” said Leaf Mathesen, expert in fire management in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.

“Given the light snowfall and rainfall this year, we may see other surprises,” the Athens News Agency warned.

Chronic, acute drought is observed in the western United States due to climate change. In 2020, unprecedented fires broke out in the area, killing 33 people and burning 17,000 square kilometers in California alone.

Authorities are expecting the worst this year and have already begun taking action to address the drought for the second year in a row.

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