Portuguese Douse Wildfires
Finally, Portugal is seeing some relief from the devastating wildfires it has faced. This from the Mercury News:
LISBON, Portugal - Cooler temperatures helped firefighters bring most of Portugal's devastating wildfires under control Thursday, although several small blazes broke out, authorities said....
Earlier this week, the National Authority for Forest Fires estimated that fires had burned through 445,000 acres so far, compared with 320,000 acres last year. But the figure is well below the 2003 of one million acres, the worst year for wildfires in the last two decades.
There has been tons of media coverage this year on these fires, even though they have not burned even 50% of the acreage that burned in 2003. I think this is because there have been firefighter fatalities both in Spain and Portugal.
