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August 5, 2021

Unfolding Climate Crisis Fuels Massive Fires in Turkey, Southern Europe, California and Siberia
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In northern Lebanon, crews battled wildfires for a third straight day as
the blazes spread into Syria. Elsewhere in the Mediterranean region,
Turkey has been hit by its most intense fires on record, with one blaze
breaching a coal-fired power plant overnight in southwestern Turkey.
Large swaths of Greece and Albania face "very poor" air quality amid a
searing heat wave fueled by the climate crisis, with wildfires kicking
up huge quantities of fine particulate matter.

In California, the fast-growing Dixie Fire engulfed the Northern
California community of Greenville overnight, leveling its downtown
area.

In Russia, record wildfires in the Siberian region of Yakutia have set
an all-time emissions record - equivalent to more than 500 megatons of
carbon dioxide.


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