FIRE-EARTH V-E Alert: KBZ5

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Emergency Rain Warnings Issued for Kyushu, Japan

Hundreds of thousands of residents evacuated, many more unable to move to safety

Emergency warnings have been issued for parts of Fukuoka and Oita prefectures in Kyushu, Japan and more than 400,000 residents have been ordered or advised to evacuate after torrential rains paralyzed the western parts of the country, said NHK.

“A Japan Meteorological Agency official says that it is an emergency with imminent risks of danger and that it is a situation where landslides and flooding could have already triggered a catastrophe.”

Serious flooding and landslides have blocked roads and left thousands of homes without power.

Many homes have been flooded and the residents are left isolated, unable to move to safety due to the inundation, said the report.

New Record Maximum Temperature Looming

Hottest Temperature Today: Abadan (Iran) at 51.6°C

[Nearby city of Ahvaz recorded a daily maximum temp of 54°C, or 129.2°F last week.]

• 14 other cities across five countries — Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Spain — recorded daily maximum temperatures between 49.5°C and 51.6°C
• Coldest Temperature Today: Vostok (Antarctica) -78.2°C

Daily Average Temperature at 2 meters
Wednesday, July 5, 2017.

FIRE-EARTH E-E ALERT – 070501

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US Forest Fire Stats – 070501

Second Largest acres Burned – Year-to-Date

Number of new large fires: 12
Number of active large fires: 30
Total number includes full suppression and resource managed fires. Total does not include individual fires within complexes.

14 States Currently Reporting Large Fires

Alaska (1)
Arizona (7)
California (4)
Colorado (3)
Idaho (1)
Louisiana (1)
Montana (1)
Nevada (3)
New Mexico (1)
Oregon (1)
South Dakota (1)
Utah (3)
Washington (2)
Wyoming (1)

Year-to-date statistics – 2017 (1/1/17 – 7/5/17)
Fires: 30,998
Acres: 3,052,692

Ten Year Average Fires (2007–2016 as of today): 34,352
Ten Year Average Acres (2007–2016 as of today): 2,304,411

Previous Record set in  2011 (1/1/11 – 7/4/11)
Fires: 37,326
Acres: 4,876,747

Prescribed Fires and Acres Year-to-Date
TOTAL FIRES: 60,550
TOTAL ACRES: 2,865,679

Canada Fires and Hectares
FIRES YEAR-TO-DATE: 1,764
HECTARES YEAR-TO-DATE: 195,070 (x 2.47 for acres)

Source: NIFC