Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island.
Sicily - which has already been brought to its knees by a prolonged heatwave - is battling wildfires that are threatening towns and cities across the island.
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almostdefinitely is. This happened with the last big Australian fires too. Here’s a an actual satellite photo of the Australian fires with overlaid red dots from NASA data for comparison.Note the complete lack of smoke or cloud obscuring anything in the OP image.
Edited to add: NASA photo + overlaid data from Sicily’s 2017 fires. Fewer fires, visible wind smoke trails.