820 wildfire events. 6 continents. 212 at WARNING.
Guatemala: 40,200 ppl, $55.1M. Russia: $6.3B. Venezuela: $4.6B. Portugal's first active European fire WARNING. 7 heat WARNINGs map onto the fire belt.
https://www.disasteraware.com/news-event/global-fire-belt-widens-820-wildfire-events-may-2026
Two weeks into Northern Hemisphere fire season, the Fire Belt has widened. 820 named wildfire events across six continents in 10 days, 212 at WARNING; heat WARNINGs overlay fire-active geography in Mexico, the Sahel, Central Asia.