In recent years, the west of the country has seen unprecedented fires, especially in California and Oregon.
At least two people remain missing after the devastating fires that hit several cities in the state of Colorado, in the central USA, destroying hundreds of houses, local authorities said on Saturday.
“We believe we have two missing persons and we are investigating“Boulder County Emergency Management Office spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill told AFP, clarifying that she has no further information on these individuals.
So far they have not been reported deaths from fires.
Boulder Sheriff Joe Pelle. noted on Friday that it is a “miracle” that there were not many casualties, given the force of the incident and the rapid spread of the flames.
Forest fires in the United States consume hundreds of houses and evacuations were alerted
At least 500 houses, possibly many more, were destroyed by flames that hit the town of Superior on Thursday, located on the outskirts of the city of Denver, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate the area untimely.
The destruction is decomposings: Aerial images show entire streets reduced to smoking ash.
Humans are responsible for 75% of all forest fires in the world
Apparently the fire was caused by falling power poles on arid soil and the flames were fanned by gusts of wind of up to 160 km / h.
The snowfall Friday they stopped the spread of the fire.
The fires in Cerro Colorado have been caused, according to the Guayaquil Fire Department
But beyond the fires, the United States has recently suffered other extreme phenomena, like the passage of Storm Ida in New York and New Jersey in September and deadly tornadoes in December in Kentucky. At the moment it is unknown if these facts are linked to global warming as some environmental organizations maintain. (I)
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