Published on 12/05/2026 at 22:19 | Last updated on 13/05/2026 at 12:07
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At the gates of Miami, an uncontrollable wall of fire devours the Everglades, forcing residents to prepare to evacuate. This exceptional blaze marks the beginning of a dark year for the planet.
A few kilometers from the houses, a wall of fire. An extraordinary fire threatening the suburbs of Miami. They are ravaging the Everglades, the swamps of Florida. Residents have been instructed to prepare to evacuate. In the meantime, they are doing their best to protect their properties. “We are very worried, we went out in the middle of the night just to make sure the fire was not coming towards us”; “We could hear it crackling, that’s how serious it was. Everyone evacuated before the firefighters arrived,” several residents declare.
The Everglades normally look like this. Water and low grass. Yet it is here that the fire originated. It all starts from a disrupted climate cycle, visible on all continents. First, intense rainy periods allowing vegetation to grow very quickly, before sudden dry spells transform it into fuel. Consequence for the entire planet: devastating fires. Never before had the world recorded so much burned land between January and May. 50% more than the average of recent years.
Numbers that could become the norm. “In about fifty years, in more northern latitudes, we could see a doubling of fire risk days, at least in Europe. So what needs to be done is to succeed in adapting,” says Jean-Baptiste Filippi.
2026 could well be the hottest year ever recorded. Scientists fear the multiplication of fires, encouraged by the return of the El Niño phenomenon, this warming of the Pacific Ocean that raises global temperatures.
Press release from the international scientific network World Weather Attribution
Global Wildfire Information System
“April 2026 Florida wildfires have been fueled by meteorological conditions strengthened by human-driven climate change,” Climameter, April 15, 2026
“Climate: as 2026 promises to be extreme, scientists are alarmed to see global warming pushed into the background,” Le Monde, May 12, 2026
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