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Disasters: Forest fires in Russia

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In the summer of 2010, Russia experienced its hottest summer on record which caused widespread forest fires due to high temperatures and drought conditions. Over 500 fires burned more than 188,000 hectares across 7 regions in a state of emergency and 28 other regions, resulting in around 150 deaths and many injuries. The fires and smoke stretched over 3,000 kilometers and cost an estimated $15 billion in damages while also contributing to global warming due to polluted air.

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Lourdes García Arredondo FOREST FIRES IN RUSSIA (2010) In 2010, from late July to mid-August, there was a serie of forest fires in Russia. It was caused due to the high temperatures (the hottest summer ever registered there) and the drought.
That summer, temperatures reached 35ºC, which is anomalous for this country, because normally, the higher ones are about 30ºC. Some days later, at several regions there was a temperature between 38-40ºC. Then, those ones were increasingly reaching the west part of Russia. On 11th July, the record ever recognized happened: temperatures reached 44ºC.
7 regions were in a state of emergency because of the fire, while 28 other regions were also like that because of bad harvests. 520 fires affected 188,500 hectares. There were around 150 people died and a lot of injures ones. It’s stimated that the fire has cost about 15 billion dollars in damages.
28 fires affected 269 hectares and smoke from fires stretched along 3,000 kilometers in Russia. Global warming has also been ocasioned because of the polluted air. It’s estimated that the fire has cost about 15 billion dollars in damages.

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Disasters: Forest fires in Russia

  • 1. Lourdes García Arredondo FOREST FIRES IN RUSSIA (2010) In 2010, from late July to mid-August, there was a serie of forest fires in Russia. It was caused due to the high temperatures (the hottest summer ever registered there) and the drought.
  • 2. That summer, temperatures reached 35ºC, which is anomalous for this country, because normally, the higher ones are about 30ºC. Some days later, at several regions there was a temperature between 38-40ºC. Then, those ones were increasingly reaching the west part of Russia. On 11th July, the record ever recognized happened: temperatures reached 44ºC.
  • 3. 7 regions were in a state of emergency because of the fire, while 28 other regions were also like that because of bad harvests. 520 fires affected 188,500 hectares. There were around 150 people died and a lot of injures ones. It’s stimated that the fire has cost about 15 billion dollars in damages.
  • 4. 28 fires affected 269 hectares and smoke from fires stretched along 3,000 kilometers in Russia. Global warming has also been ocasioned because of the polluted air. It’s estimated that the fire has cost about 15 billion dollars in damages.