{"id":443773,"date":"2022-05-06T22:36:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/giant-new-mexico-fire-rages-as-drought-hit-us-west-braces-for-summer\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T22:36:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:36:49","slug":"giant-new-mexico-fire-rages-as-drought-hit-us-west-braces-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/giant-new-mexico-fire-rages-as-drought-hit-us-west-braces-for-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"#Giant New Mexico fire rages as drought-hit US West braces for summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8f763774c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8f763774c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/giant-new-mexico-fire-rages-as-drought-hit-us-west-braces-for-summer\/#%E2%80%9CGiant_New_Mexico_fire_rages_as_drought-hit_US_West_braces_for_summer%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Giant New Mexico fire rages as drought-hit US West braces for summer&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGiant_New_Mexico_fire_rages_as_drought-hit_US_West_braces_for_summer%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Giant New Mexico fire rages as drought-hit US West braces for summer&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/water-levels-have-plum.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/water-levels-have-plum.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Water levels have plummeted at Lake Mead due to the American West's historic drought, exposing corroded barrels.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/water-levels-have-plum.jpg\" alt=\"Water levels have plummeted at Lake Mead  due to the American West's historic drought, exposing corroded barrels\" title=\"Water levels have plummeted at Lake Mead due to the American West's historic drought, exposing corroded barrels.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Water levels have plummeted at Lake Mead due to the American West&#8217;s historic drought, exposing corroded barrels.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Firefighters struggled Friday to contain a giant blaze that has been burning for more than a month in New Mexico, raising fears for the summer ahead in the drought-hit western United States.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>The so-called &#8220;Hermits Peak Fire&#8221; has torn through 168,000 acres at the southern end of the Rocky Mountains, destroying around 170 properties and forcing the evacuation of nearly 16,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>But the blaze remains just 20 percent contained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a historic fire weather event&#8230; this is a critical stage of the fire,&#8221; New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a briefing Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have high temperatures and extreme wind. This is the worst possible set of conditions for any fire,&#8221; she warned. <\/p>\n<p>The fire began on April 6 when a &#8220;prescribed&#8221; burn, intended to remove excess vegetation in a controlled area, escaped control due to strong winds and dry conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze comes at the start of the American West&#8217;s long fire season but is already the second-largest in New Mexico&#8217;s history, having burned an area more than the state&#8217;s average for an entire year.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service in Albuquerque warned that windy and dry conditions are expected through the weekend and &#8220;will make our bad situation worse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden this week declared a major disaster in New Mexico, unlocking federal resources including financial aid for affected individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Like much of the American West, New Mexico is in the grip of a years-long drought that has left the area parched and vulnerable to wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>Reservoirs have plummeted to dangerously low levels, with Lake Mead\u2014the country&#8217;s largest reservoir, close to Las Vegas\u2014at 31 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The water has dropped to such a historic extent that a corroded barrel containing a four-decade-old body was found in the lake earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Mead is fed by the Colorado River, which has seen its flow drop by 20 percent over the past century, driven by atmospheric warming, according to a US Geological Survey report in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Although fires are a natural part of the climate cycle and help to clear dead brush, their scale and intensity are increasing.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists say a warming climate, chiefly caused by human activities such as the unchecked burning of fossil fuels, is altering weather patterns.<\/p>\n<p>This prolongs droughts in some areas and provokes unseasonably large storms in other places.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Colorado wildfire took hold &#8216;in blink of an eye&#8217;: governor\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Giant New Mexico fire rages as drought-hit US West braces for summer (2022, May  6)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  8 May 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-05-giant-mexico-rages-drought-hit-west.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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