The aim of the Association is to predict, prevent, manage and extinguish veldfires in the Greater Tzaneen and Letaba areas
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May 21
Pine slash & Pine clear-fell Burning Notice. Burning activities may continue till 30 June 2026. Unless burning restrictions are introduced earlier due to increased fire risk.
#LetabaFPA #FireManagement #BurningNotice #FirePrevention
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Over 1.1M acres burnt in Nebraska so far this year.
Jun 11
The view of the South Fork Fire from Crawford, Nebraska this evening. This is some crazy fire behavior. Nebraska has seen the most active and largest wildfires in the nation this year, and it doesn’t look like it’s stopping.
Residents surrounding Crawford are evacuating, and ranchers are trying to get their cattle to safe locations. The fire is now over 16,000 acres. Over 1.1M acres have burned in the state so far.
📷 Luis Corral 🙏
A local landowner assisted with controlled burning in preparation for the fire season. Fuel reduction & fire breaks were burned. Letaba FPA members can book the use of the skid unit to assist with approved fire management activities. admin@letabafire.co.za / 076 550 2260
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Jun 9
Active farm? Vacant plot? Undeveloped land? The responsibility stays the same. If a fire can spread from your land, you have a duty to help prevent it.
#LetabaFPA #FireSafety #Veldfireprevention #Firebreaks #NVFFAct
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Jun 6
Massive firebreak saved a community.
🏘️ A safer community doesn't happen by accident. It happens because people decide to build one.
That's exactly what this community did. Through a CAL FIRE-funded fuel break project, landowners in Spanish Flat in north El Dorado County worked to clear, mulch, and create defensible space on a large scale. When wildfire came, firefighters had a safe corridor to work from, and homes were successfully defended.
This is what preparation looks like. This is what working with your community makes possible.
#WildfirePrevention #FuelBreak #DefensibleSpace #ElDoradoCounty #ReadyForWildfire @CALFIREAEU @cafiresafe
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Letaba Fire retweeted
Jun 5
6,000-MILE GIANT IS STRETCHING ACROSS THE PACIFIC
A massive river of fast-moving air is now stretching more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean.
What stands out isn’t just the size…
It’s the potential influence.
Features like this have been associated with:
• powerful storm systems
• major atmospheric rivers
• flooding rains
• unusual temperature swings
• long-lasting weather patterns
• shifts in weather patterns during hurricane season
It doesn’t guarantee any of those outcomes.
But when a feature stretches more than 6,000 miles across the Pacific, people pay attention.
The Pacific is one of the most important weather-driving regions on Earth, and patterns that develop there can eventually influence conditions thousands of miles away.
Could the Pacific be setting the stage for what’s next?
#MrMBB333 #PacificOcean #JetStream #WeatherWatch #HurricaneSeason
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Jun 5
Fire in Alaska
Smokejumpers respond to fire near Ambler 👉 tinyurl.com/4aazdte7?utm_sou…
(Video from BLM Alaska Fire Service)
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Jun 5
Lesotho
Jun 4
Afriski Mountain resort in Lesotho...🥹
Most people in America, Japan, London, France etc have no idea that we have snow ❄️🌨️
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Jun 5
#LetabaFPA does not endorse the burning of waste tyres for frost protection. Tyre fires create significant air pollution & environmental risks. Farmers are encouraged to use organic chemical free biomass for contained frost prevention burns. #Agriculture #Airpollution
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Jun 5
Typhoon hits China.
Un supertifón con vientos de hasta de 240 km/h azotó China, dejando imágenes impactantes del poder de la naturaleza.
Entre las escenas más sorprendentes, una enorme noria se balanceaba violentamente bajo las ráfagas de viento, convirtiéndose en una auténtica atracción de gritos.
¿Te atreverías a subir a una noria sabiendo que se acerca una tormenta así?
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Jun 5
Massive gas explosions, Mexico
Jun 4
Whoahh! A massive gas explosion has been reported in the Tepeaca area of Puebla, Mexico....
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Jun 5
High wind warning for today. All landowners who conducted any burns this week to please monitor them closely to ensure no fire spread. Stay alert, stay prepared.
#LetabaFPA #FireSafety #HighWindAlert #PrevetVeldfires
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Jun 4
Frost prevention burn notification request. #LetabaFPA kindly requests all orchard growers intending to conduct frost prevention fires to notify the Letaba FPA WhatsApp group before igniting these fires. Notifications help fire management maintain situation awareness.
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Jun 4
Welcome to our aerial crew for the 2026 fire season.
The #LetabaFPA Base is once again home to an incredible team of aviation and ground crew support professionals.
Here's to a safe, successful and effective 2026 fire season.
@kishugu @wo_fire #aerialfirefighting
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Jun 1
Fire Season starts today 1st June '26 in the Letaba region.
Controlled burns are permitted til 31 July Burning permitsnrequired for any burning activity. No burning permitted on Fridays or weekend.
Report any fires to the Letaba FPA Fires WA group or 0768441646
#LetabaFPA
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May 30
Extremely heated in one day caused 3400 deaths in India
May 30
One Day Of Extreme Heat Causes 3,400 Excess Deaths Across India
With temperatures touching 48°C (118 F) in Rajasthan, India is facing intense heatwaves driven by climate change
People are dying in these oven like temperatures
Food crops are being devastated
ndtv.com/health/one-day-of-e…
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May 30
Debris warning after rocket blows up in Florida
May 30
Florida residents are being warned not to touch any debris from the catastrophic blast that incinerated a Blue Origin rocket during an unmanned engine test. The explosion is a significant setback for Blue Origin and NASA. @VictorOquendo has more. abcnews.link/xzta9BE
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May 29
#LetabaFPA NOTICE.
LARGE COOL ECOLOGICAL BURN.
🗓Tuesday 2nd June '26
⏰️10:00 start
📌Serala Grasslands. East of George's Valley. Limpopo
All stakeholders involved in the planning & burn control. Be aware of smoke in the area & thank you for your cooperation.
#FireSafety
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May 28
Grass fire spread to two barns in California.
May 28
Several large explosions erupted as firefighters battled a major fire in Livermore, California, on Wednesday after flames spread from a grass fire to two large barns. Officials say the fire is now contained, with no injuries reported.
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May 27
Flooding barriers in Germany working.
May 27
Germany’s flood barriers quietly prove the difference between planning and panic.
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