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Wildfires in California



For more than ten days, Southern California was ravaged by devastating wildfires.

During the summer of 2007, there was a record drought that has completely dried up the vegetation of the hills. And then, when the fires broke out, California, one of the most powerful states of the world, was powerless to deal with flames everywhere. Nor Greece in August .



He had ordered the evacuation of 500,000 people. There had so far five dead, 40 wounded and one thousand five hundred houses destroyed. Damage is estimated at one billion dollars.

One consequence of global climate announced the massive forest fires. The U.S. is trying to achieve.

For more information:
1. NASA Images of California Wildfires (NASA)
2. Fires in Southern California (Earth Observatory)
3. Wind fanned Wildfires scorch California, half one million evacuated (mercopress)
4. Fires were raging (Los Angeles Times)
5. Forest fires in Greece (Gaia)

Photo credit: NASA and Kevin Labianco