Μεγάλη πυρκαγιά στον Κάθηκα!
Μεγάλη πυρκαγιά στον Κάθηκα!
27 July 2017
published by http://www.pafos24.com
Cyprus – Πυρκαγιά έχει ξεσπάσει εδώ και λίγη ώρα σε χαράδρα σε δύσβατη περιοχή στον Κάθηκα δίπλα από το οινοποιείο Στέρνα, σε απόσταση αναπνοής, θέτοντας σε συναγερμό την Πυροσβεστική Υπηρεσία.
Έχουν επιστρατευτεί και επιχειρούν στην περιοχή 6 εναέρια μέσα για την κατάσβεση της πυρκαγιάς, η οποία βρίσκεται σε δύσβατη και απροσπέλαστη περιοχή. Οι προσπάθειες επικεντρώνονται στη δημιουργία αντιπυρικών ζωνών με τη χρήση καδενοφόρων.
Πέντε εκτάρια με ξηρά χόρτα, δέντρα και άγρια βλάστηση έχει κατακάψει μέχρι στιγμής η πυρκαγιά που μαίνεται εκτός ελέγχου στην περιοχή Κάθηκα Γιόλου Θελέτρας.
Σύμφωνα με την Πυροσβεστική Υπηρεσία, η φωτιά που ξέσπασε στις 14:30 περίπου επεκτείνεται με γρήγορο ρυθμό λόγω του ανέμου που πνέει στην περιοχή.
Για την κατάσβεση της φωτιάς οι δυνάμεις πυρόσβεσης έχουν ενισχυθεί.
Στο μέρος βρίσκονται 10 πυροσβεστικά οχήματα, τρία καδενοφόρα και τέσσερα εναέρια πτητικά μέσα, εκ των οποίων δύο ελικόπτερα που εκμισθώνει η ΚΔ και δύο αεροπλάνα του Τμήματος Δασών.
Στο έργο κατάσβεσης συνδράμουν και κάτοικοι των κοινοτήτων της περιοχής.
Σε συνδυασμό με τους ανέμους που πνέουν στην περιοχή καθίσταται ιδιαίτερα δύσκολη η κατάσβεσή της.
Πηγή: Sigmalive
English version of the news. Note: the news has been translated by Google translator.
Big fire in the Plateau!
A fire has erupted for a while in a ravine in an inaccessible area in Kathica next to the Sterna winery, a breath away, alerting the Fire Brigade.
They have been deployed and operating in the area 6 aerial means to extinguish the fire, which is in a difficult and inaccessible area. Efforts focus on the creation of firewalls using cannabis.
Five hectares of dry grass, trees and wild vegetation have so far plagued the fire that is out of control in the area of Kathikas – Yialos – Thélétas.
According to the Fire Brigade, the fire that broke out at about 2:30 pm is rapidly expanding due to the wind blowing in the area.
Fire extinguishing forces have been enhanced to extinguish the fire.
There are 10 firefighting vehicles, three cadavers and four airborne volatile vehicles, including two helicopters leased by the CC and two aircraft of the Department of Forests.
The work of extinguishing also helps residents of the local communities.
Combined with the winds blowing in the area, it is particularly difficult to extinguish it.
Source: Sigmalive
An international team of climate researchers from the US, South Korea and the UK has developed a new wildfire and drought prediction model for southwestern North America. Extending far beyond the current seasonal forecast, this study published in the journal Scientific Reports could benefit the economies with a variety of applications in agriculture, water management and forestry.
Over the past 15 years, California and neighboring regions have experienced heighteneddrought conditions and an increase inwildfire numbers with considerable impacts on human livelihoods, agriculture, and terrestrial ecosystems. This new research shows that in addition to a discernible contribution from natural forcings and human-induced global warming, the large-scale difference between Atlantic and Pacific ocean temperatures plays a fundamental role in causing droughts, and enhancing wildfire risks.
“Our results document that a combination of processes is at work. Through an ensemble modeling approach, we were able to show that without anthropogenic effects, the droughts in the southwestern United States would have been less severe,” says co-author Axel Timmermann, Director of the newly founded IBS Center for Climate Physics, within the Institute for Basics Science (IBS), and Distinguished Professor at Pusan National University in South Korea. “By prescribing the effects of man-made climate change and observed global ocean temperatures, our model can reproduce the observed shifts in weather patterns and wildfire occurrences.”
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-07-atlanticpacific-ocean-temperature-difference-fuels.html#jCpAn international team of climate researchers from the US, South Korea and the UK has developed a new wildfire and drought prediction model for southwestern North America. Extending far beyond the current seasonal forecast, this study published in the journal Scientific Reports could benefit the economies with a variety of applications in agriculture, water management and forestry.
Over the past 15 years, California and neighboring regions have experienced heighteneddrought conditions and an increase inwildfire numbers with considerable impacts on human livelihoods, agriculture, and terrestrial ecosystems. This new research shows that in addition to a discernible contribution from natural forcings and human-induced global warming, the large-scale difference between Atlantic and Pacific ocean temperatures plays a fundamental role in causing droughts, and enhancing wildfire risks.
“Our results document that a combination of processes is at work. Through an ensemble modeling approach, we were able to show that without anthropogenic effects, the droughts in the southwestern United States would have been less severe,” says co-author Axel Timmermann, Director of the newly founded IBS Center for Climate Physics, within the Institute for Basics Science (IBS), and Distinguished Professor at Pusan National University in South Korea. “By prescribing the effects of man-made climate change and observed global ocean temperatures, our model can reproduce the observed shifts in weather patterns and wildfire occurrences.”
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-07-atlanticpacific-ocean-temperature-difference-fuels.html#jCp
