More than 100 wildfires continue to rage in the states of California, Oregon and Portland, causing deaths to at least 35 people, massive destruction to property and displacement of thousands of residents. As of last Monday, more than 3.3 million acres have been burned, the extent of which has not been seen in more than 100 years. According to U.S. presidential candidate for the November elections, Joe Biden, ‘[f]ires are blazing so brightly, smoke reaching so far, NASA satellites can see them one million miles away in space’. The smoke can be traced to Eastern parts of the United States and as far as Europe, and in some part of the United States it has a diminishing effect on the brightness of the sun.
