The whole island of Sicily covered by wildfires tonight. It's a catastrophe. Here is a satellite image.
The whole island of Sicily covered by wildfires tonight. It's a catastrophe. Here is a satellite image.
Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island.
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If anyone wants to see the actual situation here's NASA's live map: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/
and a guide on how to use it, what all the symbols mean etc: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=SSd7KnWN9CM
Meanwhile, in BC Canada, here's what the current fire situation looks like. 3 million acres - 12,140 km² or 4687mi²) have burned as of Jul12. For reference, which is more land-mass than some smaller countries.
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