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France calls on companies to relieve employees enlisted as firefighters to battle blazes

#france #fire #climateemergency #ClimateCrisis #TomorroIsTooLate #environment #europe

Thousands of hectares have been destroyed as a new fire continued to rage in the Gironde area of southwestern France on Wednesday, barely two weeks after two major blazes destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forests in the same region, according to official data.

The French government is calling on companies to make employees who are enlisted volunteer firefighters available throughout August to battle the blazes, as drought conditions and a fourth heat wave since June hit much of the country.
"We are getting to a point of exhaustion for the firefighters," French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told reporters on Wednesday during a visit to the fire-battered department of Aveyron in southern France.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/10/europe/france-wildfires-intl-climate/index.html

France calls on companies to relieve employees enlisted as firefighters to battle blazes

Thousands of hectares have been destroyed as a new fire continued to rage in the Gironde area of southwestern France on Wednesday, barely two weeks after two major blazes destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of forests in the same region, according...

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The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have melted away completely within a few weeks. This summer's heatwave hitting Europe has been catastrophic for the Alpine glaciers, which have been melting at an accelerated rate

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Following a dry winter, the summer heatwaves hitting Europe have been catastrophic for the Alpine glaciers, which have been melting at an accelerated rate.

The pass between #Scex Rouge and #Tsanfleuron has been iced over since at least the Roman era.

But as both glaciers have retreated, the bare rock of the ridge between the two is beginning to emerge -- and will be completely ice-free before the summer is out.

"The pass will be entirely in the open air in a few weeks," the #Glacier 3000 ski resort said in a statement.

While the ice measured around 15 metres (49.5 feet) thick in 2012, the ground underneath "will have completely resurfaced by the end of September".

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220811-swiss-mountain-pass-set-to-lose-all-ice-within-weeks

Swiss mountain pass set to lose all ice within weeks

The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have melted away completely within a few weeks, a ski resort said Thursday.

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