Why does Chile face deadly forest fires every year?
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Chile faces deadly forest fires every year.
A state of emergency has been declared in Chile. 112 people have died due to wildfires along the coastal towns of Chile, as per reports.
Burning since last Friday, 2nd February 2024, the wildfire has now expanded across the outer regions of Vina del Mar and Valparaiso, the two coastal cities popular with tourists.
The Chilean National Disaster Service (SENAPRED) stated that the wildfire has destroyed about 64000 acres of land. And that there are still "40 active fires'' in the country.
The wildfire is said to be Chile’s worst national disaster after the 2010 earthquake which claimed the lives of about 500 people. Chilean President Gabriel Boric said that this is a "tragedy of very great magnitude".
Wildfires are not uncommon in Chile’s summer. Last year in February, the country mourned the death of more than 27 people and the destruction of about 990,000 acres of land due to forest fires. This year, however, the lethality has increased.
Chile has been undergoing a decade-long drought season since 2010. Stated as the “Megadrought in Chile” Down To Earth had reported about the prolonged drought caused by a combination of climatic factors, both natural and human-induced global warming. Chile has received 30% less rainfall than normal in the past decade with rainfall deficits of 80-90%. This has transformed the landscape of the country from lush and green to plain dry. The report by the World Meteorological Organisation, called State of the Climate in Latin America and Caribbean, 2021, stated the length and strength of the drought has caused water scarcity, food insecurity, loss of livelihoods and massively impacted biodiversity.
This coupled with the cyclical phenomenon El Nino exacerbated the high temperatures and droughts throughout the continent, making conditions favourable for forest fires to keep blazing.
In 2 days, areas filled with public housing and improvised dwellings had been reduced to rubble. Everything blackened and covered with smoke.
Sadly “The number of victims will increase in the coming hours,” said the Chilean President Gabriel Boric.
Other countries in Latin America are also facing severe weather events.
In January, more than 42,000 acres of forests were destroyed in Colombia by fires that followed several weeks of dry weather.
Last year, Brazil reported the highest number of forest fires amongst South America, followed by Bolivia.
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Dear Lord please forgive us.
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The same as Hawaii. Direct Energy weapons Look at the cars melted. Forest fire does not melt cars but the building are not cooked.
I am Chile and these fires are near my house in Viña Del Mar
I hope everything will be under control there
stay safe..
You are Chile? Hello Chile , How are you?
Stay safe 😢
This is pure wickedness! Looks like some Ultra Elites people and foreign corporate entities want some prime real estate in Chile as a massive bugout build.
Oprah has land there too?
Probably
No she's "going" to be there, she's already marked out her spot
Should b on America news
It's happening due to stronger phase of el níno , which is in north india led to dry winters
Not true the fire its been intentionally provoked
Ermmmm the trees are still standing
We are with Chile in love from Noruega 💗💗💗❤❤❤💓💓💓
ARSON
Lazers setting fires all over world ?
Not all the fires are naturally occurring. There is evidence of arson. Very sad situation. One that unfortunately Boric has not handled well.
Really sad😢
Why would El Nino cause draught in Chile, rather it should bring rain in west coast of South America ?
Forest fire = profitable for business who buy this land in low price and make hotel and restaurant here = problem for climate change and wildlife
Very sad news
Mother earth made a way for primary succession.
Sir our region water problem video share please 🙏🙏
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So sad to see this still happening in my country. Authorities do nothing about it and every year is the same
Almost as if it's on purpose
all these people dieing...well thats good news because you say the worlds over populated...then you say you go drinking on saturday night and you say it was a crap night out because all the bars was empty
Upsc
The HIGH WINDS, reported in both Vina del Mar, Chile and Maui, occurred after LONG HOT periods that DRIED out the local GRASS LAWNS and other vegetation. This prolonged HEAT would have made the electrical POWERLINES SAG slightly, making it easier for powerlines to SWING TOGETHER during HIGH WINDS and cause electrical SPARKING to fall onto the ground and DRY VEGETATION.
Now, boys and girls, because there are MILES LONG stretches of slightly SAGGING electrical powerlines, in HIGH WINDS, simultaneously TOUCHING and SPARKING, causing fires on miles long fronts, this is the reason why so many CLOSELY PACKED WOODEN HOUSES in Maui BURNED DOWN.
So why didn't the blue houses of rich people burn ?
1) Rich people build upwind of poor areas, in COASTAL areas where the WIND BLOWS FROM the SEA onto the LAND .
2) Rich people don't like ugly power poles and lines of powerlines cutting across their views from their houses, so they will make the local utility companies BURY all the power cables, UNDERGROUND CABLES DO NOT SPARK AND START FIRES IN HIGH WINDS.
3) Rich people can afford to build in stone and brick. - STONE AND BRICK DOES NOT BURN
3) Rich people can afford large properties, WELL- SEPARATED from neighbour's making it difficult for a fire to jump from one house to another, unlike the CLOSELY PACKED WOODEN HOUSES in downtown Lahai.
4) Rich people can afford large lawns with sprinklers and gardeners to turn them on even if the owner is not at those properties. MOWED WET GRASS DOES NOT BURN AS WELL AS LONG DRY GRASS
4) Blue roofs and walls are fashionable for holiday homes near the sea, all over the world. Go look. Blue roofs and white walls usually, like at Santorini in the Mediterranean.
So, rich people IN STONE AND BRICK HOUSES with WIDE LAWNS, built near the coast with the SEA BREEZE blowing inland, with SPRINKLERS - turned on by gardners, with NO POWERLINES to blow together in the HIGH WINDS, showering sparks onto the ground, being UPWIND from where the fires are starting were, of course, less likely to burn.
Unfortunately, those in far less wealthy areas were going to suffer.
All the laser talk is full of shit, why would a scientific agency fire fricking Jewish space lasers to start wild fires. It's the most idiotic thing you can say.
BTW, if you choose to notice something and look for that thing you will see it and ignore anything not matching your biased intent. I guarantee that if you choose to you can find red, green, blue, yellow houses in large numbers that were not burnt down, IF YOU LOOK FOR THEM.
I guarantee if some conspiracy theorist said argon lasers can't burn green things, everyone would be noticing all the unburnt green houses.
isn't the el nino supposed to bring more rain to chile
yes, during winter, is summer now.
Last winter, we had rains that caused flooding and also left people homeless
Why hasn't the united states helped them like they did Hawaii it's not right
Arson
Arsonists is why
Greta!
Extremely sad to see this. Climate change is the crucial thing to tackel than any other developmental activities.
😂😂😂 man made omg
Is not climate change. They are arsonist - a chilean
Who pays for your propaganda?
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