USA, dozens of victims in fires on the west coast. And now even the smoke is scary

The fires continue to ravage the west coast of the United States, especially Northern California and Oregon. The fire has already caused dozens of deaths, but now the large amount of smoke produced by the fires is also frightening, putting the health of millions of Americans living in the affected areas at risk. For the moment there is talk of 31 people who died from the flames, but the toll is destined to worsen.

In Oregon, more than 40,000 people have been displaced, while about half a million inhabitants live in areas that have undergone evacuation orders. The flames have reached the outskirts of Portland, but the good news is that the humidity has risen and has slowed the progress of the fires considerably.

California has a total of 28 active fires, which have burned over 11,000 square kilometers of land. There are 16,000 firefighters engaged in extinguishing, in a state that in the last month has recorded 22 deaths caused by fires. Tomorrow the arrival of President Donald Trump is expected in the peninsula, for a point of the situation with the local authorities. His opponent in the next presidential elections, Democrat Joe Biden, pointed the finger against climate changeas did the governors of California, Oregon and Washington state, who belong to his own party.

Experts explain that the smoke generated by the fires is having a double effect: on the one hand it is lowering temperatures and increasing the humidity at ground level, on the other hand it is seriously worsening the quality of the air. In Oregon, the health index from 0 to 500 hit 512 on Saturday morning.

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