According to an updated report on Friday, March 1, two people have died as a result of the fires in the state of Texas.
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In addition to an 83-year-old woman who died in a house fire in the town of Stinnett, a 44-year-old woman died on Thursday, February 29, after being seriously injured when the truck she was driving crashed The flames broke out in Smokehouse Creek, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety official quoted by several local media outlets on Friday.
The most recent report from the Texas Forestry Office shows that all the fires have consumed 509,800 acres of smoke, with 11 already contained (burning but not progressing) and a dozen brought under control. Five fires remain “active” in the northern part of the state. The largest outbreak in Smokehouse Creek, which had already devastated around 435,000 hectares as of Thursday, is only “5%” contained and is now affecting part of neighboring Oklahoma.
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The El Niño phenomenon is to blame for this
Turkey Track Ranch officials in the area said they lost 80 percent of their 32,000-acre property. “We believe the loss of livestock, crops and wildlife and other infrastructure on our property and other ranches and homes in the area is unprecedented in our history,” they said in a statement quoted by ABC News.
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Firefighters fear the situation will worsen over the weekend due to expected winds in a hot and dry climate. According to CNN meteorologist Chad Myers, the fire is spreading at a rate of two football fields per second. American President Joe Biden told the press during an election visit to Texas on immigration that, in addition to local firefighters, five hundred federal officers had been mobilized to fight the fire.
Several cities in the United States and Canada experienced unprecedented temperatures in February, some even experiencing summer heat. According to experts, not only climate change but also the El Niño phenomenon is to blame. “I like some of my Neanderthal friends who still believe climate change doesn’t exist,” Mr. Biden quipped, referring to his climate-skeptical Republican opponents.
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