Actual damage from North Gyeongsang wildfires is twice gov't estimates

Damage from wildfires in South Korean province twice government estimate

Forest fires burned roughly 90,000 hectares of land across five cities and counties in North Gyeongsang in March - Anadolu Ajansı

Actual damage from North Gyeongsang wildfires is twice gov't estimates

The total area of woodland burned by the massive wildfires that ravaged North Gyeongsang Province last month is twice the initial estimate of the state Korea Forest Service, officials said Thursday. According to a government-led joint investigation, roughly 90,000 hectares of land were damaged by a wave of forest fires that swept across five cities and counties in North Gyeongsang Province in March. Initially, the forest service had put the esti…

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The Korea Forest Service announced on the 18th that the first supplementary budget for 2025 has been prepared. The supplementary budget for the forest sector is worth a total of 420 billion won, consisting of 174 billion won for ‘forest fire damage recovery’ for rapid recovery such as emergency logging and landslide prevention, and 246 billion won for ‘strengthening forest fire response capabilities’ to expand core forest fire response personne…

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