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Old April 5th 06, 01:53 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Never mind the Southe East

Waht about the North West:

In western Iceland in late March 2006, a large fire broke out in the
grasses of a wetland area, which had been dried out by a period of
persistent north winds. According to local reports, some farmers in the
area had to evacuate their livestock to protect them from the
fast-moving, wind-driven blaze.

The fire took four days to control, and it burned somewhere around 67
square kilometers, the largest fire recorded since the island was
settled in the 9th century.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/New...3?img_id=17235