Indonesia: 200,000 Hectares Have Burned, but the Worst Is yet to Come, Say Authorities
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The fires have ravaged the country for several days, where the climate phenomenon El Niño increases the drought.
Smoke from the fires hangs heavy across much of Borneo, particularly in Palangkaraya, the capital of Central Kalimantan. "It's tough," said Yudho Shekti Mustiko, an official with the Ministry of Forestry. But the fire season has only just begun and is exacerbated this year by the El Niño climate phenomenon, which is intensifying the drought. "We have to hold on, because September and October are going to be very dry," he added. The burned are…
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The area already burned exceeds that recorded in the previous El Niño episodes of 2019 and 2023. However, it remains below the 2015 record when millions of hectares had been ravaged.
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