{"id":100627,"date":"2017-10-23T12:01:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T11:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=100627"},"modified":"2024-02-04T08:34:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T08:34:52","slug":"wildfires-rage-through-portugal-and-spain-kill-at-least-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/10\/wildfires-rage-through-portugal-and-spain-kill-at-least-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires Rage through Portugal and Spain, Kill at Least 39"},"content":{"rendered":"

17 Oct 2017 – <\/em>Wildfires<\/a> have killed at least 39 people in Spain and Portugal since Sunday [15 Oct].<\/p>\n

Hundreds of fires in both countries are being fanned by winds from Hurricane Ophelia in the north, currently barreling towards Ireland, and encouraged by extremely dry terrain from a scorching hot summer in the region.<\/p>\n

Sixty-four people died in a wildfire in Portugal in June, and the country has declared a state of emergency in the northern region. “We are facing new (weather) conditions” due to climate change<\/a>, Portuguese Interior Minister Constanca Urbano de Sousa told the press, as she also referenced the fires blazing in California<\/a>. “In an era of climate change, such disasters are becoming reality all over the world.”<\/p>\n

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UN Urges World Leaders to Heed Climate Risk, Warns of More Severe Disasters https:\/\/t.co\/e9FBEjtAm1<\/a> @Climate_Rescue<\/a> @beyondzeronews<\/a><\/p>\n

— EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) October 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n