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Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

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Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March. That includes fires in the Amazon, as well as the country's other forests and grasslands. Scientists blame the drought on climate change and El Nino, a natural warming in the eastern Pacific.

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Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Read full story

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Record wildfires hit Venezuela during climate-driven Amazon drought

By Jake Spring, Mircely Guanipa and Maria Ramirez SAO PAULO/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela is battling a record number of wildfires, according to data released on Monday, as a climate change-driven drought plagues the Amazon rainforest region. Satellites registered more than 30,200 fire points in Venezuela from January to March, the highest level for that period since records started in 1999, according to Brazil’s Inpe research age…

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