Red alert of the risk of Southwestern forest fire in the United States

The US National Weather Agency has just announced a red alert on the risk of forest fires across the entire Southwest due to very high air temperatures, low humidity and strong winds.

The Agency's announcement came early in the morning of June 19 (local time) to indicate that most areas of Arizona, the entire state of New Mexico, most of the northern parts of Texas and the states Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and Utah will face the worst weather conditions this summer as wildfires are spreading rapidly throughout the Southwest.

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The US National Weather Agency also said that due to high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds, it is difficult to control fires in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

There are still 36 forest fires in the southwestern United States not yet controlled, including the Wallow fire which is considered the biggest fire in Arizona state history.

The fire lasted 3 weeks, burning more than 210,000 hectares of forest, damage could reach $ 64 million.

The wind blowing at speeds of more than 80km / h on June 19 caused the Wallow Fire to spread faster toward New Mexico State, causing more than 7,000 people to evacuate from the dangerous area.

According to the US National Fire Warning Center, in the last 6 months to May 31, nearly 1.3 million hectares of forests nationwide were destroyed by fire, nearly equal to 1.32 million hectares destroyed. in 1 year until the end of November 2010.