Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Record summer temperatures of more than 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in the Southern Hemisphere are hampering efforts to tackle a large wildfire outbreak of at least 231 individual fires across central Chile. The fires have killed at least 26 people, left at least 1,182 injured, destroyed 1,100 homes and prompted the declaration of a state of emergency in three regions.

Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-satellites-track-blazing-wildfires-chile

Credits:
NOAA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
CIRA

Music: “Never Again” by Benjamin W. Walker [PRS] & David Gerard Lawrence [PRS]; Music House; Universal Production Music