Wildfire Today In Germany, the Harz Mountain Fire has forced tourist evacuations; the fire reportedly started at the Königsberg peak in northern Germany on Sundayl Another fire was ignited in the eastern state of Brandenburg on Wednesday and it is still growing. Deutsche Welle (DW) reported that near the town of Wernigerode in the state of Saxony-Anhalt a fire in the Harz mountains had been contained About 100 people were evacuated from the Brocken peak the highest point in northern Germany and a popular attraction famed for its literary connections Weeks of dry weather have increased the risk of wildfires in eastern Germany with some regions on the second-highest alert level was burning for days as authorities scrambled to keep it from reaching surrounding villages Meteorologists say that rain predicted for the coming days may lower the threat of wildfires. CTIF the Internation Association for Fire and Rescue Services reported that Europe is expecting that 2023 will be extremely hot 2022 was a year of weather records in Europe; the summer was record-hot with temperatures above 45°C (113°F) with numerous heat-related deaths The 2022 annual report from the EU’s environmental monitoring program Copernicus shows that scientists believe the extreme heat will get even worse in southern Europe Britain recorded summer temperatures exceeding 40°C for the first time ever in July 2022 Britain’s heatwave was only one of many; the highest temperature measured was in Portugal at 47°C The Copernicus program collects and transforms data from multiple sources (e.g satellites and in-situ or non-space measurements) into operational services to provide information about the earth’s land Typos, let us know HERE, and specify which article. Please read the commenting rules before you post a comment I was fortunate to attend the Aerial Firefighting Conference in Zadar The first day was devoted to discussion on the challenges of aerial firefighting cross international borders where you countries that are significantly smaller then the USA or Australia This was my introduction to the challenges of fires in areas that had been subject to some serious civil wars with large areas contaminated by unexplored ordnance as well as minefields that were randomly laid and not marked/mapped Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email Flames leap into the air in a patch of forest near Jüterbog Freshening winds have fanned the forest fire in a munitions-laden woodland south of Berlin more than doubling the affected area to 326 hectares BERLIN (AP) — Strong winds have fanned flames at a wildfire on a German military training site that is known to contain large amounts of ammunition had been simmering for days as authorities scrambled to prevent it reaching surrounding villages Firefighters have cleared large strips of land to contain the blaze but are avoiding the training grounds itself where several explosions were heard Monday Meteorologists say rain predicted for the coming days may lower the threat of wildfires again Germany (Reuters) – Refugees in the eastern German town of Jueterbog are sewing face masks for pensioners in a retirement home that has a shortage of facial coverings for elderly residents at heightened risk of coronavirus infection who ran a sewing workshop for six years in Tehran said he wanted to put his experience to good use I have some experience with this kind of work smiling against the whirring noise from sewing machines In the last 10 days his team has sewn 735 protective face masks from cloth Germany has more than 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus registered and 1,861 people have died from COVID-19 Elderly people are widely seen to be more at risk the refugees gave the masks to a retirement home and then because Barz completed a six-week internship at a nearby town hall in Luckenwalde he handed over a box of blue masks to the mayor “It’s truly an excellent gift during the crisis and times of uncertainty for people I’ve been seeing people do assertive things and this is one of them,” said Mayor Elisabeth Herzog von der Heide Powered by PageSuite