Most Fire Damage in Europe
13.08.2009 Radikal
ANKARA - the country most damaged by forest fires last year in Europe, Turkey. The European Commission has published the report of Forest Fires 2008 in Europe. In the report “In general, 2008 was a very moderate year in terms of forest fire damage in Europe. Turkey, the most severely damaged country. According to estimates made using satellite images, in 2008, 27 thousand 848 hectar area was reflected in Turkey, 24 thousand 573 in Greece, Italy, 24 thousand 449 hectar suffered. In 17 European countries, 156 thousand 449 hectar forest burned in 2008.
[[T]]According to the information contained in the section allocated to Turkey: [ [2 thousand 135 forest fire in 2008 in Turkey. More than 500 (1000 football field) hectar, 12 fires created the destruction between 100-500 hectar. Most extreme weather conditions of forest fire damage occur in the southeast of the Mediterranean under the influence of weather conditions.
In the evaluation section of the raporun, “The most severely affected country from fires in more than 50 hectar according to the data obtained by NASA’s MODIS satellite imaging system.
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