Heavenly over the sky over Baden-Württemberg: Waldbrand smoke from Canada reaches us!

Heavenly over the sky over Baden-Württemberg: Waldbrand smoke from Canada reaches us!

La Ronge, Kanada - In Baden-Württemberg, the sky will probably appear mainly milky and cloudy until Friday. These weather conditions were caused by air flow from Canada, which may bring dirt from the forest fires there. According to the meteorologist of the German Weather Service (DWD), despite the cloudy sky, a lot of sun can be expected, which loosens up the situation. The temperatures reach increasing values ​​up to 32 degrees on Thursday in the Upper Rhine moat, while on Friday they can even increase 34 degrees.

After the cloudy start, rainy weather can be expected for the weekend, which could be accompanied by showers, thunderstorms and local storms. Possible gusts of wind during the thunderstorms are particularly dangerous. While the maximum values ​​of up to 35 degrees could be reached on Saturday, a turn of the weather is already indicated, which brings fresh air from the southern Atlantic and will make the cloudy sky appear more clearly. ZVW reports that ...

forest fires in Canada and their consequences

The reason for the current weather conditions are the devastating forest fires in Canada. The smoke of these fires has already reached Europe. The EU-Erd observation program Copernicus announced that further clouds of smoke will have to be expected in the coming days. These can lead to cloudy days and even red-in-or-colored sunsets. Fortunately, larger effects on the air quality near the ground are not to be expected, since the smoke is transported in higher air layers. Kurier reports that ...

In Canada itself, the forest fires are tireless, over 200 fires currently destroy over 2.2 million hectares of land. The provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are particularly affected, where there is a state of emergency in some areas. Firefighters fight the flames and describe the situation as chaotic. In the La Ronge region there are reports on "Monster" of fires that are obviously not brought under control. An active fire has destroyed around 470,000 hectares of land. In addition, over 31,000 people were evacuated and estimates show that most fires on human failure, how poorly deleted campfires are due.

forest fire in Germany

Although forest fires in Germany decreased significantly by 2017, the risk has increased again recently. In particular, the years 2018 and 2019 showed an increase in forest fires, especially in northeastern federal states. Brandenburg is a particularly endangered area here. According to the Federal Environment Agency, global warming is due to the fact that the risk of forest fire is increasing steadily. These threatening developments require continuous improvement measures in fire fighting and training of the emergency services.