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Florida Emergency Declared as More Than 100 Wildfires Burn Across the State

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The effects of global warming on temperature, precipitation levels, and soil moisture are turning many of our forests into kindling during wildfire season. — The Union of Concerned Scientists

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Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency yesterday as a deepening drought and above average temperatures sparked a large wildfire outbreak.

(Florida is now under a state of emergency due to widespread wildfires.)

Over 100 wildfires across the state have now burned 20,000 acres, destroyed 19 homes, and blanketed dense population centers like Orlando with smoke. Moderate to severe drought conditions cover 42 percent of the state. And the result is the worst fire season since 2011 — a record outbreak for Florida which burned over 200,000 acres during the year.

So far for 2017, about 2.5 times the area of land that burns during a usual wildfire season by mid April has already been consumed.  Fires…

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April 13, 2017 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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    troneill's avatar Comment by troneill | April 13, 2017 | Reply

  2. The fires release stored carbon and blacken the ground increasing insolation absorption.

    GarryRogers's avatar Comment by GarryRogers | April 13, 2017 | Reply


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