Russias arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires, with up to four million hectares ablaze and vast areas engulfed by smoke. The Prime Minister, dmitri medvedev, has ordered police to investigate whether the fires were started deliberately to hide evidence of illegal logging. Russian militaryjets are providing back up to firefighters battling the blazes, which have been burning in some cases for weeks. Fires are common at this time of year, but record breaking summer temperatures and strong winds have made this year particularly bad. Our moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has travelled to the remote irkutsk region of siberia and he sent this report. For weeks now, siberia has been smouldering. Vast swathes of forest shrouded in smoke and many ravaged by fire. Wildfires are common here, but not on this scale. In siberia, an area the size of belgium is burning. The kremlin has sent in the army, military planes doing what they can to extinguish the blaze. The fires a
In siberia, an area the size of belgium is burning. The kremlin has sent in the army, by pedro pierluisi. Military planes doing what they can to extinguish the blaze. The fires are sparked by hot weather and dry thunderstorms. Theyre mainly in remote areas, the governor of the bank of england, but could the effects mark carney, has warned be more widespread . Theres concern that Carbon Emissions from here may be melting ice in the arctic and speeding up global warming. So black carbon is black, small particles, which falls down on ice and turns them from the white to black, so the ice cannot reflect sun radiation and sun starts to heat the ice in the arctic and it melts faster. And as if fire wasnt bad enough, there have been floods too. In this town, injune, a dam burst, following torrential rain, 23 people died. Now, the town has flooded again. From forest fires, to flooding, so far this has been a summer of hell for people in siberia. And its because of wild fires and the floods tha
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Russias arctic north and far east are being ravaged by huge wildfires, with up to four million hectares ablaze, and vast areas engulfed by smoke. The Prime Minister, dmitri medvedev, has ordered police to investigate whether the fires were started deliberately to hide evidence of illegal logging. Russian militaryjets are providing back up to firefighters battling the blazes, which have been burning in some cases for weeks. Fires are common at this time of year, but record breaking summer temperatures and strong winds have made this year particularly bad. Our moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg has travelled to the remote irkurtsk region of siberia, and he sent this report. For weeks now, siberia has been smouldering. Vast swathes of forest shrouded in smoke and many ravaged by fire. Wildfires are common here, but not on this scale. In siberia, an area the size of belgium is burning. The kremlin has sent in the army, military planes doing what they can to
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