More than ten million hectares of forests are burning in Russia, where even vaster areas than in previous years have already burned, the authorities of the country, which is characterized as particularly exposed to the consequences of climate change, announced yesterday, Wednesday 10/7. Giant forest fires ravage huge forest areas in Russia every year, often in remote and sparsely populated areas, but in some cases they also threaten populated areas. “Today we have more than 500 fire outbreaks in the country’s forests, covering an area of ​​more than ten million hectares,” Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov said during a live televised meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Since the beginning of the year, “we have recorded almost 6,000 outbreaks of fires from natural causes on an area of ​​more than 35 million hectares,” he continued. Although the number of outbreaks decreased compared to last year, “the surface of the burned areas increased 1.5 times”, he added, clarifying that more than 6,000 people have been mobilized to deal with the […]
Source: News Beast
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