“It is evident that it is one of the largest environmental disasters of recent years,” says the Spanish government
The government of Spain has declared on Tuesday catastrophe zones the areas affected by 113 large fires in the country in the last two months, 15 of which remain active, said the Minister of Internal Affairs, Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
The statement was approved by the Council of Ministers, at a meeting in Madrid, and encompasses five other zones affected also in the last two months (since June 23) by thunderstorms and episodes of heavy rainfall, the minister said, who considered impacts and events consequence of climate change.
“It is evident that it is one of the largest environmental disasters of recent years,” said Fernando Grande-Marlaska at a press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers who approved the declaration of “seriously affected by a civil protection emergency” (the official designation for catastrophe zone) to 118 territories of 16 of the 17 autonomous regions of Spain (all less the Basque country).
