Satellite data reveals twice the usual number of fires in Cape Town

Over the past three months, satellites detected more than twice the usual number of fire alerts in Cape Town compared to the previous six years. Two-thirds of these alerts occurred in December, marking it as the third-highest month for fire warnings in the past 12 fire seasons, following March 2015 and January 2017. Also read: Cape Town receives backlash for … Continue reading Satellite data reveals twice the usual number of fires in Cape Town