Question: Portugal’s Pedrógão Grande municipality recently was in news for incident of natural calamity caused by ….
(a) Earthquake
(b) Wildfire
(c) Flooding
(d) Drought
Answer- (b)
Related facts:
- On June 17, 2017 a horrible fire broke out in the central municipality of Pedrógão Grande, Portugal.
In this accident, about 64 people died and many others were injured. - According to the Portuguese government, this is the worst natural calamity of this country till date.
- France and Spain provided a collective five water-bombing aircrafts to help tackle the fire.
- Portugal declared three days of mourningfor irreparable loss of human life.
Reference:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/22/portugal-forest-fires-under-control
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Portugal_wildfires
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40415815