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据联合国粮农组织发布的一份报告,由于全球气候变暖,世界各地森林大火的发生有加剧之势10月下旬,美国加利福尼亚州南部发生严重的山林大火,10月21日,加州州长宣布7个县进入紧急状态。10月25日,美国布什总统宣布这一地区为“重灾区”。包括圣地亚哥等7个县遭受火灾,最高峰时火场多达23个,大火历经7天才基本控制。此次山林大火过火面积超过50万英亩(约合20万公顷),造成18人死亡,2000多栋房屋被焚毁,近百万居民被紧急疏散,直接经济损失超过20亿美元。
According to a report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global warming has exacerbated the occurrence of forest fires in various parts of the world. In late October, a serious wildfire occurred in southern California in the United States. On October 21, the Governor of California announced that seven County into a state of emergency. On the 25th of October, the U.S. President Bush announced this area as “hardest hit.” Seven counties, including San Diego, suffered fires, with as many as 23 firestorms at their peak, and the fire was basically controlled after seven days. The forest fire had over 500,000 acres (about 200,000 hectares), leaving 18 dead and over 2,000 houses burned down. Nearly 1 million residents were evacuated immediately and the direct economic losses exceeded 2 billion U.S. dollars.