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In the last week of January 2024, a heatwave hit central Chile, with temperatures 10 to 15 °C (18 to 27 °F) above the weekly average. Anticipating an increased wildfire risk, the Meteorological Directorate of Chile issued a heat alert on 28 January, projecting temperatures of 36 to 38 °C (97 to 100 °F) in valleys and foothills of the ...
Satellite imaging of wildfires and smoke trails in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil, taken on 9 September 2024. In 2024, 53,302 wildfires detected by the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) burned an estimated 37,578,692 hectares (92,858,970 acres) of tropical wetland in Brazil's Pantanal in Mato Grosso do Sul, the Amazon rainforest ...
The fire destroyed two bus terminals and prompted evacuation of four hospitals and three nursing homes for the elderly in Valparaiso. Two fires near the town of Quilpue and Villa Alemana have ...
Devastating wildfires tearing through swaths of Chile have killed more than 120 people, authorities said Monday, as they warned that the death toll was set to rise. ... 2024 at 6:56 PM ...
— In Chile, firefighters are battling huge forest fires stoked by hot and dry conditions. The fires are burning with the highest intensity around the city of Vina del Mar, where a famous ...
2024 Chile wildfires; Coffee Pot Fire; 2024 Colombia wildfires; Corral Fire (2024) Crozier Fire; E. August-September 2024 Ecuador wildfires; L. Lake Fire (2024 ...
A view of neighborhoods burned during forest fires in Viña del Mar, Chile, on February 5, 2024. Areas around Vińa del Mar were among the hardest-hit by the country's deadly wildfires.
Wildfire formation on 3 February 2023 captured by GOES-16 Color satellite image of the 2023 Chile wildfires between 1 and 5 Feb 2023. Starting on 30 January 2023, a series of wildfires began in the South American country of Chile. By early February, the fires had developed into a large outbreak of at least 406 individual fires, several dozen of ...