Forest fires are one of the permanent Hurricane Hurin

Dozens of other fires broke out in Georgia and the west of North Carolina, which Hurricane Helini was difficult for. In some areas, falling trees can act as fuel and encourage the spread of fire in the short and long term, according to Verginia Iglesias, which is studying the effects of climate volatility on environmental social systems at Colorado Bulder University.

“After a hurricane, there were many dead trees that fell to the Earth, and this allows the sun’s rays to reach the Earth,” said Iglesias. “However, it is easier for the biomass to dry, and enhance fire if there is ignition. This is in the short term. Another result of these fires is that they are the problem of arrival for firefighters. So there are many records that prevent roads.”

This occurred last week in Polic County in North Carolina, where he struggled with firefighters to move between fallen trees and contain a fire of approximately 500 acres in the region, Public Radio Radio reports. These fallen trees can be a inconvenience of fire for years after a hurricane, especially in the southeast, where dried pine needles are very combustible.

For example, in 2018, Hurricane Michael removed about 1.3 million acres of long pine habitats in Florida Banhandel, which After that dried up and nourished Bertha Swamp Road in 2022, which burned more than 33,000 acres.

Some extinguishing experts also feel anxious that the additional sunlight on the scene can lead to plant growth such as Rhododandron and mountain wounds in southern Apalash, which burn severely if fire caught.

“Now we have full sunlight on these areas that have not previously obtained full sunlight,” Gary C. Wood, a retirement worker in the North Carolina forest service now coordinates the wild management strategies in the southeast firefighting area in the wild, I told the Post and an hour. “So that these things can increase, from growth, and will have a potential effect from the point of view of firefighting.”

Fire fight against fire

While a wide range of research clearly shows that climate change increases more intense fires to the West, scientists are still wandering in the direct climate connection of the sea in the southeast. However, some studies show that warming places the conditions in which forest fires flourish throughout the region.

“It is expected that drought will become more intense and more frequent in the southeast and many other regions of the country due to climate change,” said Eglesias. This can significantly increase the amount of burned forests in southern Ablash, according to L. 2024 studies.

To combat this, forest managers in this area often light up possible fires and content known as the prescribed burns, which help remove dry plants before they can fuel the greatest hell. However, there are a few road barriers for this strategy. More than 50 percent of 751 million acres of forest lands in the United States are private owned, and these owners decide how to manage their lands. This means that government agencies are required to obtain permission from home owners before clearing the trees that were dropped after the storm or to allow specific burns on their land. There is an increasing batch of some groups to help homeowners in North Carolina to embrace this firefighting strategy, Grrist reports.

Another obstacle is that climate change can reduce the number of days that land managers can practice the Holocaust described in the southeast, according to 2024 studies. The vegetation should be sufficiently dry to ignite and burn it, but temperatures and wind should be moderately low to prevent fire from getting out of control – the conditions that have become less predictable with high global temperatures. Like forest fires, the prescribed burns can release air pollution, which can negatively affect the air quality. My colleague Lee Hedjbeth This case was coveredWhich is currently happening in Birmingham, Alabama.

At the same time, it has the Trump administration Put the financing and employment on programs that support the control of ground fires In recent weeks, it leaves large areas of the country not ready to take over the large forest fires, says experts.