[159] Forest Fires / 森林火, 1999
In spring 1998 uncontrolled forest fires raged in the equatorial regions. Airplanes crashed in Indonesia, Smoke plumes reached across national borders into other countries and even continents. One day the loss of forest the size of Belgium in Brazil was reported. El Nino was generally blamed for the lack of rain.
失控的森林大火在1998年春季於赤道區燃起。飛機在印尼失事、煙霧跨越國界蔓延至其它國家，甚至飄向其它大洲。根據報告指出，在巴西因為大火所失去的森林已經是一個比利時國土的大小。而聖嬰現象一般來說則是因為缺雨而造成的。
