The drought and the current ones high temperatures become a favorable combination for the initiation and spread of fires. There are currently six provinces affected by active outbreaks in currents, Between rivers, Buenos Aires, The Pampa, Black river Y Santa Cruz, as reported by the National Fire Management Service. But this could be extended to other districts.
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According to the weekly report of the Agricultural Risk Office (ORA) of the Ministry of Agricultureafter the first week of January, where “the rains were generally scarce or non-existent” and on the other hand “maximums above 34ºC were recorded in most of the national territory”, it was pointed out that now the conditions are given to that the coastal provinces face serious fire risks in the coming weeks, as happened last summer in currents where the fire affected more than 1,000,000 hectares and with economic losses for the productive sector that exceeded 50,000 million pesos.
“Drought and high temperatures determine a favorable combination for the start and spread of fires,” says the official report. Then he adds that “since last Friday and at least until tomorrow Tuesday, two large areas of the country remain on alert.” The first of these two zones that are in Red alert includes the provinces of Corrientes and Entre Ríos, as well as the bordering areas of Chaco, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires.
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In this regard, the National Fire Management Service (SNMF) pointed out that this alert “is due to the forecast of high temperatures, low relative humidity, since the medium and thick fuel indicators (BUI) are around values associated with extreme fire behavior, similar to those registered in January 2021. particularly at the station Mercedesthese values exceed the historical maximums”.
In addition, the other area that is in alert for possible fires It is the one that is made up of the provinces of Río Negro, Neuquén, most of Mendoza and La Pampa, west and south of San Luis, southwest of Buenos Aires and north of Chubut. “Extremely high temperatures are expected there, with low relative humidity values and intense wind events. In addition, there is a probability of electrical storms that could give rise to sources of fire. The probability of electrical storms is forecast over the center and north of Neuquén, Mendoza, south of San Luis, a large part of La Pampa, center and east of Río Negro and the extreme southwest of Buenos Aires,” added the official report.
In a context of high severity in productive areas due to the deepening of the drought, the report maintains that the rainy of last week were generally “scarce or null”, where the highest accumulated was in Bernardo de Irigoyen (87 millimeters). Furthermore, in iguazu 33 millimeters were recorded; in it NOTthe highest weekly amounts correspond to the quiaca (34 millimeters), Jujuy (18 millimeters) and Catamarca (16 millimeters). The rest of the reports were less than 15 mm and in most of the pampas provinces Y Patagoniathe precipitations were nil.
On the side of the temperatures, the maximums above 34ºC were registered in most of the national territory. Values above 40°C were reported in the NOA (Rivadavia and Santiago del Estero) and in northern Patagonia (Neuquén, San Antonio Oeste and Río Colorado). In the NOA, the minima did not drop below 16°C, with the exception of the Andean areas. In Patagonia, the average temperature for the week was significantly higher than normal.
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“With mostly no rains in the main corn-growing area, a decline in the water reserves of the profile is to be expected,” the specialists pointed out, adding that “the extension of the area with a water deficit (that is, without useful water estimated in the first meter deep) continues to increase, leaving out only the southeast of Buenos Aires”. As a consequence of the aforementioned, the spring planting maize would now be going through its yield definition period, depending on the available water.
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