lives and homes destroyed, wildlife displaced, all while firefighters are risking their own lives to try and stop the flames. climate scientists are warning that, as heatwaves get more intense and more frequent, the risk of wildfires will increase too, of course. the question is, can technology help get wildfires under control earlier? laura goodwin investigates. it only takes one spark to start a wildfire that can spread for miles and rage for days. with our climate changing and land becoming drier, it s providing the perfect conditions for wildfires to blaze. and even in traditionally cooler parts of the world, wildfires are becoming more unpredictable. mist and cloud are dominating the skyline today but back in the summer, it was very different.
and in the pool safer. this week, we are guarding against danger and disaster. shona is in sweden to put the first average female crash test dummies through their paces. whoa! 0k! i m ready to be rescued right now! that looks chilly. it certainly does. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? lj takes the plunge to find out. and then from cold and wet to hot and dry. laura checks out the ai watching for wildfires. the alert s come through. i didn t even notice that, but the camera did.
a similar system has been in place in the spanish city of valencia since 2016. and as you can see here, it s clearly proving it can save lives. that was l] in the water. rather her than me. 0k, we re going from the very, very wet to the very, very dry now, the complete opposite. we have all watched in horror at the devastation caused by wildfires across the globe. lives and homes destroyed, wildlife displaced, all while firefighters are risking their own lives to try and stop the flames. climate scientists are warning that, as heatwaves get more intense and more frequent, the risk of wildfires will increase too, of course. the question is, can technology help get wildfires under control earlier? laura goodwin investigates. it only takes one spark to start
that was laura. and that s all we ve got time for. thanks for watching, see you soon. bye bye. hello. we ve seen some exceptionally mild weather over the past few days. in fact, yesterday was the warmest 29th of october on record. we had temperatures just shy of 23 celsius in london. today, it is still mild, not as warm as yesterday. and it s also quite breezy, unsettled with scattered showers around. low pressure is sitting towards the north west of the uk at the moment and plenty of showers and weather fronts rotating around that. proximity of the isobars shows that it is going to feel quite windy, but the winds are coming in from the south or southwest so again, still a very mild
now on bbc news, it s time to click. this week, we are guarding against danger and disaster. shona is in sweden to put the first average female crash test dummies through their paces. 0k! i m ready to be rescued right now! that looks chilly. it certainly does. but how could drones help rescue swimmers in distress? lj takes the plunge to find out. and then from cold and wet to hot and dry. laura checks out the ai watching for wildfires. the alert s come through.