Порывистые ветры и сухая жаркая погода увеличивают размер десятков лесных пожаров, спаливших обширные территории Орегона, в Калифорнии и других западных штатах США, заявили власти.
Интенсивные возгорания связаны с атипичной жарой, запад Америки переживает уже третью волну зноя с температурой, превышающей 50 градусов Цельсия.
По данным Национального межведомственного пожарного центра, в западной части США лесные пожары распространились на площади около 470 тысяч гектаров.
В настоящее время 80 крупных лесных пожаров бушуют в 13 штатах, большинство возгораний зафиксировано в штатах Монтана, Айдахо, Калифорния и Орегон, сообщает РИА Новости.
В разных районах США борьбу с огнем сейчас ведут около т 20 тысяч пожарных. В настоящее время один из самых крупных в стране пожаров пылает на юге штата Орегон: он распространился на территории, сопоставимой по площади с Лос-Анджелесом. Огонь уже уничтожил 67 домов.
"Weather is really against us." The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather looms in the coming days. https://t.co/07xdlA6Lgl
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 18, 2021
The massive Bootleg Fire continued to rage in southern Oregon, scorching nearly 300,000 acres, destroying dozens of homes and leaving roughly 2,000 residents displaced in Klamath County https://t.co/IiPYjum7XI pic.twitter.com/SXAMA5R71r
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 19, 2021
Largest US wildfire burns 300,000 acres prompting thousands of evacuations https://t.co/GiAz67Q7p5
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 19, 2021
Volunteers in southern Oregon were working hard to help some of the roughly 2,000 residents displaced from their homes as the sprawling Bootleg Fire raged mostly unchecked https://t.co/IiPYju4x6a pic.twitter.com/l0q4PNeOhj
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 19, 2021
“Weather is really against us.” The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather looms in the coming days. https://t.co/07xdlA6Lgl
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 18, 2021
Oregon's Bootleg Fire has burned an area larger than NYC and officials do not expect it to be fully contained until November.
The fire can now generate its own weather, including "fire clouds" that spark lightning.
There are about 70 other large fires burning in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/Cw7xxQGA0c
— AJ+ (@ajplus) July 19, 2021
The Bootleg Fire erupting this evening.
A 300,000+ acre fire in southern Oregon. pic.twitter.com/7oFnqDJZR4
— Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) July 19, 2021
With oppressively hot, dry weather looming over much of the Western US and Canada, the enormous Bootleg Fire in Oregon grows again and authorities order new evacuations https://t.co/sW5VwkMbG7 pic.twitter.com/t7vEWtdAf8
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 19, 2021
Horrifying video of the Bootleg Fire in Oregon from Saturday. The bootleg fire is well over 280 THOUSAND acres. We thank the thousands of firefighters battling the blazes in the west! pic.twitter.com/t2MElEgHxX
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) July 18, 2021
Devasting fires continue to grow in the western U.S. CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar has the latest on the #Bootleg fire in #Oregon: https://t.co/5yiCl2TjDq pic.twitter.com/lArxGL2aWw
— CNN Weather Center (@CNNweather) July 17, 2021
California fire prompts evacuations; Oregon blaze balloons https://t.co/SULH9VcfD3 pic.twitter.com/4oqNf22Dmw
— CTV News (@CTVNews) July 18, 2021
