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The 2024 Virginia wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Virginia.During the 2024 Spring wildfire season between February 15 to April 30, at least 411 wildfires burnt "nearly 20,000 acres", the largest area burned in the last 30 years in that time period, and nearly ten times as much as the 2023 Spring season with 2,174 acres.
2024 Virginia wildfires – Estimated damage totals are $1,200,000. [3] Waites Run Virginia, West Virginia: Hardy (WV), Shenandoah (VA) 6,223 March 20 April 29 2024 Virginia wildfires [3] Waterfall Mountain Virginia: Page, Shenandoah: 6,399 March 20 April 29 2024 Virginia wildfires [3] Hinson Florida: Lake: 2,352 April 5 August 12
Largest Canadian wildfire season in recorded history. 2023 14,000+ acres (5,556+ ha) 2023 Hawaii wildfires: Hawaii Deadliest wildfire in recorded Hawaii history, referred to as worst natural disaster in history of Hawaii by Governor Josh Green. [86] 2023 11,020 acres (4,460 ha) Matt's Creek Fire Virginia 2024 1,100,000 acres (445,154 ha)
Drought conditions along with leaves falling have made for wildfires that have been "more challenging to contain." Wildfires prompt state of emergency in Virginia Skip to main content
So far, there have been 4,024 wildfires across Canada, scorching more than 23.5 million acres, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. That already exceeds the record of 18.7 ...
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Between 1970 and 2015, three times more "large fires" (fires that burn 1,000 acres or more) occurred in the Western U.S., with six times more acreage burnt, more than 1.7 million acres annually. [23] Between 1970 and 2003, the region experienced wildfire seasons that were 78 days longer. [24]
Watch live as LA County officials give a wildfire update on Wednesday (15 January) as residents are warned to “stay on guard” amid high-fueling wind gusts. Bruising Santa Ana winds have ...