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Deputy Interior Minister Manuel Monsalve reported on 4 February that there were 162 forest fires across central and southern Chile. [8] The region experienced unusually high temperatures, reaching up to 40 °C (104 °F) in the past week, [9] worsened by the El Niño phenomenon [10] and a "mega-drought" that has affected the country over the last decade. [11]
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 ...
Deadly wildfires like those that burned through central Chile and killed at least 133 people this month will become more likely in the South American country as climate change makes the world ...
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.
The 2024 South American wildfires refer to a mega colossal series of wildfires that significantly impacted several neighboring South American countries, including Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Based on Global Wildfire Information System satellite imaging, about 346,112 wildfire hotspots damaged or destroyed 85,866,867 ...
2024 Chile wildfires; Coffee Pot Fire; 2024 Colombia wildfires; Corral Fire (2024) Crozier Fire; E. August-September 2024 Ecuador wildfires; L. Lake Fire (2024 ...
February 5, 2024 at 5:03 PM Hundreds of homes in the central coastal area of the South American nation have been destroyed in fires that have killed at least 112 people.
February 1-5 — 2024 Chile wildfires; February 11-13 — February 2024 nor'easter; February 14 - March 6 — 2024 Port Hills fire in New Zealand; February 19 — an avalanche in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province kills 25 people. [11] February 26 – March 14 — Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas and Oklahoma; February 29-present — Pakistan floods