US EditionFailing to Tackle Climate Change Will Mean More Wildfires Ahead
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Failing to tackle climate change will mean more wildfires ahead
France’s biggest wildfire this summer was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near the Spanish border after leaving one person dead, authorities said. The fire had burned an area larger than Paris. French Prime Minister François Bayrou deplored a “disaster on an unprecedented scale” in the region. Over 2,100 firefighters and several water bomber aircraft battled the blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the village of Ribau…
The fire that ravaged the department of Aude since Tuesday is "a disaster of unprecedented magnitude," said François Bayrou on site. ...
The fire that declared itself on Tuesday in the Aude has travelled and burned 16,000 hectares this Wednesday afternoon. On the spot, the mayors of the municipalities concerned can only see the damage of the flames on their territories. They regret the consequences of the "incivism" of the citizens and call on the State to act. - Fire in the Aude: local elected officials on the front line to see the damage (Environment).
This fire of exceptional violence started on Tuesday 5 August shortly after 16 hours for an indefinite reason in the Corbières massif, between Narbonne and Carcassonne. One person died and nine were injured.
CHRONIQUE. Waves of wine grubbings and environmental pressure empty our territories or, as in the Aude at present, the fire feeds on the wasteland.
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