Seven months pregnant, Camila Lange sat with her husband and dog in what was once their home in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Monday. A fire has destroyed hundreds of homes in the South American country’s central coast region, killing at least 112 people.
Extreme weather and climate events such as wildfires, droughts, and floods are taking their toll around the world. Here’s some of what’s happening right now.
— Firefighters are fighting a major battle in Chile Forest fire excited by hot and dry conditions. The most intense fires occurred around the city of Vina del Mar, where the famous botanical garden, founded in 1931, was destroyed by fire. Flames and smoke engulfed several neighborhoods on the eastern edge of the popular beach resort of 300,000 people, trapping some people in their homes.
— Second in a watery series of events in California atmospheric river aiming for southern california Landslides occur, roads are flooded, and power outages occur. Approximately 1.4 million people in the Los Angeles area. Up to 9 inches (23 centimeters) of rain had already fallen through Monday, and more is expected, according to the National Weather Service.
In northern California, the storm flooded roads and toppled trees and power lines across the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday, with winds exceeding 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in some places.
— In Spain people have trouble finding drinking water As the country grapples with a record drought. Officials in northeastern Catalonia announced this. Drought emergency on ThursdayThe reservoir, used by 6 million people, including the population of Barcelona, has less than 16% of its water capacity, the lowest in history.
— Meanwhile, some scientists believe that Caribbean research spongecan live for hundreds of years, leading researchers to theorize that the world may have gotten warmer than commonly thought since before the Industrial Revolution.
— Finally, does the prospect of increasingly powerful tropical cyclones mean we need new categories to describe their strength? He says he is making a proposal. Category 6 For hurricanes with wind speeds exceeding 192 miles per hour (309 kilometers per hour).
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Quote: “We are entering a new climate reality. It is very likely that droughts will become more intense and more frequent.” —- Pele announcing drought emergency in Spain’s Catalonia region – President of the Aragonés region.
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