NASA Reports Record High Wildfire Damage This Season
NASA 報告本季野火災害創下歷史新高
更新於: 2026年7月9日 上午09:01
The 2026 wildfire season is off to an intense start in the United States, with NASA reporting that burned acreage is currently 46% higher than the 10-year average.
2026年的野火季節在美國以極端嚴峻的態勢開端，NASA報告指出，目前的燒毀面積比過去10年的平均值高出46%。
This surge is largely driven by a winter with record-low snowpack and an unusually hot, dry start to summer, which has left forests and grasslands highly vulnerable to ignition.
這股激增主要歸因於冬季積雪量創下歷史新低，加上夏季開端異常炎熱乾燥，導致森林與草地極易引燃。
The Great Basin and Rocky Mountains have been hit particularly hard, with Utah experiencing significant devastation.
大盆地與洛磯山脈受創尤深，其中猶他州遭遇了嚴重的破壞。
The Cottonwood Fire, for example, destroyed roughly 150 structures, including numerous cabins and condominiums at the Eagle Point Ski Resort.
例如，「棉花木火災」（Cottonwood Fire）燒毀了約150棟建物，包含鷹點滑雪度假村（Eagle Point Ski Resort）內的多座小屋與公寓。
While the total number of fires has remained relatively stable since the 1980s, their intensity and size have increased dramatically.
儘管火災總數自1980年代以來相對平穩，但火勢的強度與規模卻急劇增加。
NASA continues to monitor these disasters in near real-time using satellite technology like Landsat 8 and 9, and the VIIRS instruments.
NASA持續利用Landsat 8與9號衛星，以及可見光紅外線成像輻射儀（VIIRS）等衛星技術，近乎即時地監控這些災難。
Tools such as FIRMS and Worldview are essential for tracking fire behavior and assessing damage, helping officials manage forest health as warmer nighttime temperatures allow blazes to burn longer and more aggressively than ever before.
FIRMS與Worldview等工具對於追蹤火勢行為及評估損害至關重要，幫助官員管理森林健康，因為夜間氣溫的升高使火勢能比以往燒得更久、更猛烈。
