Maroko läänerannikul asuv ja Portugalile kuuluv Madeira saar on leekides.
Põlengud on haaranud ligi kümnendiku saarest ja hävinud on ligi 8000 hektarit metsa.
Saarel on paljud lennud ära jäetud ja turistid on lõksus.
Siin on video asja kohta.
🇵🇹 “Operational situation by evening for today Madeira”
The flames leave no chance for salvation. The island is already 10% engulfed in flames.
Copernicus EU, the EU space program for earth observation, shared a photo from space on social networks, pic.twitter.com/fS0R3FfvwP
— Маrina Wolf (@volkova_ma57183) August 20, 2024
These #Landsat images of fires on Madeira, a Portuguese island west of Morocco, show active fires marked by a red infrared signature. As of August 20, the fires had burned more than 5,700 hectares of forest. https://t.co/GhiGMs6Is6 pic.twitter.com/9rfEqVJLEN
— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) August 21, 2024
Madeira wildfires rage on .. Sunday night pic.twitter.com/XsUp6XrqIr
— Hamburgdave (@Hamburgdave) August 19, 2024
Madeira, Portugal! A series of devastating forest fires, has been raging on more than 6% of the island for a week now. The evacuation of hundreds of people and the cancellation of flights has left tourists stranded, the situation remains critical. pic.twitter.com/Nt7x4XKPp7
— Iskander Sitikov (@IskanderSitikov) August 25, 2024
Firefighters on the Portuguese island of Madeira continue to battle the country’s worst wildfire since 2017
The European Union sent two water bombing planes from Spain to the Portuguese island of Madeira on Thursday to help efforts to put out a wildfire that has been raging for… pic.twitter.com/4y1rgtgnKQ
— 𝕏 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 (@cheguwera) August 24, 2024
