“Climate change does not cause fires, but it can lead to such long periods of drought that it becomes a huge problem if the fires break out or someone starts them.” Paolo Sottocorona, the La7 meteorologist, explains the connection between global warming, fires and some increasingly worrying phenomena such as the “fire tornado”.
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In one Video published on the Tg La7 website, The expert shows the maps of the huge fires that have hit Canada. Months of large fires recorded a disturbing phenomenon that had been seen on other occasions, but here it is documented with a few videos: a hurricane fueled by the heat of the fires, a “fire tornado.” “It occurs in areas with fires due to a strong rise of air, in this case due to the heat generated by the fire. If we talk about hell, it’s nothing,” comments Sottocorona, who then shows the smoke of the Canadian fires that have arrived to take over the air in New York.
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In short: “Climate change is not a problem of a single country, it is a problem of everything because we are a global village,” comments the meteorologist, who warns: “These phenomena are initially more harmful to people nearby, but after and then they do it.” The damage to the whole world. Climate change doesn’t just affect temperature or rainfall, it impacts everything directly or indirectly, and that’s not a good outlook.”