But if the hot, dry weather continues, Thoman said, Alaska could easily see a million acres burned this year, maybe even two million. Four individuals — two in Washington, one in Oregon, and another in California — have been arrested for arson as firefighters battle dozens of blazes across the West Coast.

The fire has burned more than 25,000 acres. "Everything's dead!" "Firefighters across the state responded to 36 new wildfires yesterday, and all were contained quickly," the agency said. Smoke is covering much of Colorado, and the Denver metro area is under an air quality alert. ‘It’s like a graveyard’: VIDEOS show mass death of sea life at Far East Russian tourist hotspot; surfers complain of toxic burns: Scores of octopuses, crabs, starfish, sponges, sea urchins, and other marine animals had washed up ashore. "Exactly around 1.88 million acres of land have been burned so far, which is at pace with the 2004 season when 6.59 million acres burned," Casey told ABC News today. We saw incredible winds.

I've seen a few videos and photos and my lovely little house that we remodelled 12 years ago in this beautiful canyon area is absolutely flattened. Another child was killed in the Cold Springs Fire in Omak, near the Canadian border, officials said. Over 700 fires have burned so far this summer, the most in the state's history, and that number is only expected to get bigger as the state is experiencing higher temperatures, lower humidity and more lightning storms than usual, said Kale Casey, a public information officer for the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, which serves as a focal point for state agencies involved in wildland fire management and suppression. with 10.1 million acres burned (see Figure 2); more than half of these acres were in Alaska (5.1 million acres).

Release Date: August 29, 2019. This process can take a long time, which is why we see it as beneficial to help out nature by planting trees that will survive forest fires. As the massive fires rage, more are popping up. They discovered that over the last 10,000 years, there have been periods of increased fire activity in the region, most notably during two distinct periods: Both of these periods pale in comparison, though, to the fire activity of the last few decades. Evacuation orders have been issued for more than 40,000, Brown said. All Rights Reserved, according to a new study published in the. Thousands and thousands of dead fish seals, sea lions, dolphins, pelicans and lobsters: Business as usual on planet Earth. That fire is currently zero percent contained. Gulf of Alaska fishery to close for the first time ever: No more cod: Salmon all but gone: Millions of small sea birds died since 2015, Australia is bracing for its highest recorded temperature ever which is currently 50.7C, (123 deg F): Brisbane breaks rainfall record with 6 months rain in 2 hours, Aussie Bushfire Update! Number of fires: Two that are totally contained, meaning they are no longer spreading. Cause: The August complex, made up of 20 individual fires, was caused by lightning strikes in the Mendocino National Forest, according to information on InciWeb Information System. Jay Inslee said. Western Wildfires: Southern California Fire Roars to Life, A Look at Wildfire Hotspots Around the West, Western Wildfires: California Fire Grows, Forces Evacuations. There was three-day period in June where we had over 31,000 lightning strikes.". It’s burned more than 7,500 acres. The balmy weather caps a month that saw record or near-record heat across much of the state, including the hottest June on record for Anchorage, Rick Thoman, a climate scientist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, told Earther. The State's Wildfire Seasons Are Getting Worse, Experts Say. It’s burned almost 38,000 acres. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that Alaskan fires have burned 1,043,908 acres so far this year. Most of California and some surrounding areas are under an excessive heat warning from the National Weather Service.

Ironic as in kinda funny or tragic? Resident Elizabeth Smith lost everything in the wildfires. Prayer Seals is committed to providing resources, encouragement, and empowerment for followers of Jesus to become Prayer Warriors. Since it seems the media only highlights the forest fires that take place in the lower 48 states, many people would be surprised to know that millions of acres of forestland is burned in Alaska each year. The past five days in Washington have made for the state's second-worst fire season in history, Gov. ", Hundreds dead or missing, millions displaced with hundreds of thousands more evacuated as torrential rains return to already rain drenched Indo-Pakistan and Asia areas after a turbulent year of unprecedented rainfall, Nearly a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s government has decided to release more than a million tons of radioactive water into the sea which has built up at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant despite fish showing positive for radiation as far away as California, CRISPR and a brave new world: CRISPR represents a new frontier in gene editing; in comparison to other currently available technologies, it is a less expensive, more specific and simpler-to-use gene-editing tool and could introduce "the mark of the beast.". Massive sinkhole that swallowed 215 million gallons of radioactive water drained into the aquifer system which supplies drinking water to millions of Americans, Tens of tons of dead marine life including fish dolphins turtles manatees and birds along the Westcoast of Florida from red tide algae bloom, Peru disaster UPDATE: 100,000 Peruvians have lost everything 600,000 + have serious damage to their homes more rain to come (Spectacular Videos), 128 dead scores missing 1.34 million evacuated and 41,000 houses destroyed as Biblical floods hit China. "We saw the perfect firestorm. Awesome gif of 2.5 particulate matter, btw. I stole that joke.

Cause: The Bear Creek Fire was caused by lightning. The heat helped wildfires explode over the weekend, and their smoke is spreading far and wide. It is important that such a place be away from flammable trees, but still be surrounded by nature. What's up with the birds? The intense dome of high pressure sitting over Europe has shattered…. Bad, like - oil and gas may have to skulk out of Alaska like a dog skulks once someone notices the dump on the carpet - bad.