Colombia: Fires and high temperatures continue
- January 30, 2024
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For now, Colombia has lost more than 17 thousand hectares of vegetation due to fires that This is equivalent to 25 thousand football fields.. In Berlin’s Páramo (Santander
For now, Colombia has lost more than 17 thousand hectares of vegetation due to fires that This is equivalent to 25 thousand football fields..
In Berlin’s Páramo (Santander department), frailechonas, endemic alpine plants that grow at a rate of 1 cm per year, were reduced to ashes. And a significant part of the country is in a state of alarm, noted the director of the National Meteorological Institute IDEAM. Ghislian Echeverri: “As of the midday update (Friday, January 26th) we have: more than 900 municipalities are at risk of fires forests, this is practically almost the entire country.”
Since last week, Colombia has been battling several fires that are affecting forests, mountain ecosystems where water is produced, and the hills surrounding Bogota. According to IDEAM, this situation is due to three factors: its director, Ghislian Echeverri: “What is happening now is that, in addition to the dry season, this effect is amplified by the background phenomenon that is El Niño phenomenon; (this) makes this season much drier than usual and we are also within climate crisis.
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“We just completed the year 2023 as the hottest year in history, and this, of course, affects the temperature throughout the country. Municipalities such as Jerusalem (Cundinamarca department) reached Temperature 40.6 °C. This is the highest temperature reached in this municipality in January. This may indicate that the hottest January is also on the horizon, given that we have data from 30 years temperature monitoring.
State of emergency declared
President Gustavo Petro declared a state of emergency to mobilize additional funds and requested international assistance if the nation’s firefighters reach their limits.
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