One million acres burned in Alaska
7/1/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
AFFECTED AREAS:
Alaska
Start Date: 1/1/2022
- End Date: 6/30/2022
More than 1.7 million acres burned in Alaska as of June 30, according to the National Interagency Fire Center and the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center Wildland Fire Dashboard.
Limited snow over the winter allowed early snowmelt and dry vegetation, which advanced the start of the wildfire season.
CNN (Atlanta, Ga.), June 30, 2022
A new wildfire record was set for Alaska when the number of acres burned reached the one million mark on June 15, the earliest in decades.
Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), June 30, 2022
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