Meaning of megafire | Babel Free

Definitions

A very large wildfire, typically one covering more than 100,000 acres.

Examples

“This increase⟳ means that almost every aspect of the Earth’s climate system is now influenced by humanity, and the consequences – droughts, heatwaves, megafires, melting glaciers and rising oceans – are now well understood.”

“There remains much that can be done to limit⟳ the damage⟳ to come⟳, to brace against the coming megafires and superstorms and save⟳ lives and hold⟳ onto a thriving civilization.”

“Across the Western United States, a summer of record-breaking drought, heat waves and megafires exacerbated by climate change⟳ is forcing millions of people to confront an inescapable string of disasters that challenge⟳ the future of growth.”

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