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Near real-time satellite images
If you've watched a bit of television this past week, you will know that fires made up a good portion of the news. One third of the planet is on fire and the other third is in high danger.
The evil tongues say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And, today, we have the satellites to photograph everything, near real time and high resolution.
Well the two satellite images following confirm the devastation of fire on the Greek island of Euboea Awesome!
These images, acquired by one of the Sentinel-2 satellites of Copernicus, of August 1 and August 11, 2022, offer a vision of the forest change that the island has undergone in just a few days. An unprecedented ecological and environmental disaster.
According to data from the mapping module of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS), around 500 square kilometers of vegetation was destroyed by the fire that broke out on August 3.
Thousands of firefighters participated in the arduous extinguishing of a devastating fire that, thanks to the rains that occurred in recent days, they were able to control more forcefully.
A neighbor's phrase… “Not only did the place burn down. Our future burned ”
Definitely and as mentioned in an article in El Pais … «A paradise turned into a desert of ashes. A traditional Mediterranean way of life, based on honey, milk and oil, on the resin of pines, figs and olives is in danger of extinction ».
A Reuters report notes that fleeing residents describe what is happening in Evia as a "horror movie."
A week-long heat wave, the worst in Greece in three decades, made scorching temperatures and warm winds create ideal conditions for fires to explode. The result… devastation!
According to him EFFIS (European Information System on Forest Fires), the risk of new fires in the coming days remains of "extreme danger" or "very extreme danger" for the area.
If we take a tour of the Copernicus portal, we can immediately understand that this summer, there is not only a pandemic, there are fires in the middle, planned and of extreme virulence. It is attested by all the satellite images to consult….
For those who don't know him, the EFFIS European portal focuses on analyzing the risks and forest fires in Europe with many good resolution photographs, if you see that they are blurry you can use a tool to optimize the quality of the photo online. There is an impressive and up-to-date amount of information.
Information on the current state of fires in Europe and in the Mediterranean area. Including today's weather fire hazard maps and up to 6-day forecast, daily updated maps of hot spots and fire perimeters.
The previous map that we can consult from HERE represents the fires in seven days, an outrage! If we focus on the area of Italy, Greece and part of Algeria.
Remember that we have an article on the web about a 3D world map where we can consult and use a lot of information.
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