Satellite Shows Wildfires in Yucatan Peninsula

Timelapse satellite imagery shows hotspots from fires on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico on Thursday, March 28.

A “record” number of wildfires were consuming Mexico, President Lopez Obrador said during a press conference on March 27.

As of Thursday morning, CONAFOR confirmed that Mexico had 126 active wildfires, affecting 21,421 acres (8,669 hectares) across 19 Mexican states. Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful

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