US EditionAttribution of Summer 2022 Extreme Wildfire Season in Southwest France to Anthropogenic Climate Change
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Attribution of summer 2022 extreme wildfire season in Southwest France to anthropogenic climate change
Summer 2022 was exceptionally hot and dry in Europe and especially in Southwest France, where the most important wildfires since 1949 had serious environmental and socio-economic impacts. Here we conduct an impact-oriented climate change attribution study by first investigating which climate indices are the most correlated with the burnt area between 2003 and 2022. We find that an index combining soil moisture integrated over 6 months and temper…
Due to continued forest fires, two places in France had to be evacuated as a precaution. A motorway was closed, more than 150 firefighters were in operation.
The Communal Committee of Forest Fires (CCFF) of Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne resumes its summer tours tomorrow and until 30 September. Consisting of volunteers, the group, always in concert with the firefighters, allows to detect any anomaly or departure of fire.
In the south of France large forest fires broke out on Sunday. Because of the fires in the Aude department, according to the prefecture and the fire department, a motorway had to be closed. The famous Abbey of Fontfroide southwest of Narbonne was precautionarily evacuated. More than 150 firefighters were in use. According to the authorities, the fires were triggered by sparks of a brake of a trailer wheel. The highway 61 running between Toulouse…
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