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sentences that state something as happening or true
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18%
3 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Environment
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A massive wildfire has broken out in central Colombia, threatening the popular tourist town of Villa de Leyva, according to local officials.
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wildfire → break → officials
The forest fire is near the Andean town in the Boyaca department, with flames engulfing the San Marcos hillside above the colonial architecture and cobblestone streets that attract more than a million visitors annually.
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that → engulf → visitors
The blaze has already consumed 40 hectares of native forest, sending massive plumes of smoke that are visible from the town’s central square, according to Colombian authorities.
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that → consume → authorities
On Saturday night, Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella posted on X that “Villa de Leyva is not alone”, pledging to mobilise all state resources to fight the fire and protect “this historical jewel” and “beautiful city that is the pride of Colombia”.
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that → post → Colombia
To combat the flames, the Boyaca department government said it is dispatching two aircraft.
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it → combat → aircraft
A military helicopter will also join the effort, along with firefighters from the capital, Bogota, Interior Minister Rodrigo Lara said.
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Lara → join → capital
The mayor of Bogota, Carlos Fernando Galan, will be sending a team of firefighters to join local crews from Tunja and Boyaca, reinforcing containment efforts and securing the urban centre, Lara said.
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Lara → send → centre
In the equatorial Andes, forest fires peak during the dry season, but this year they are fuelled by a severe El Nino weather pattern.
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they → peak → pattern
Record high temperatures and lack of moisture have turned vast expanses of the Andean vegetation into tinderboxes.
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temperatures → turn → tinderboxes
That has intensified a crisis that has already started 18 active wildfires across the country, according to the latest official data from Colombia’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD).
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that → intensify → Management
The impacts of El Nino, a natural weather pattern, are felt globally and do not affect the entire South American continent in the same way, inducing extreme droughts in some regions and torrential flooding in others.
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impacts → feel → others
This year, it comes supercharged by the effects of climate change, which is worrying many scientists, governments and aid workers.
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which → worry → scientists
The warming of the adjacent Pacific has triggered catastrophic flash floods and landslides in countries such as Peru and Ecuador.
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warming → trigger → Peru
Unlike in the southern part of the continent, where countries including Argentina, Chile and Uruguay have been expecting unseasonably heavy rainfall, El Nino has the opposite effect in the northern part of the continent.
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Nino → include → continent
A significant reduction in rainfall leads to severe drought conditions which can suppress cloud formation and displace normal rain patterns, driving average temperatures well above normal.
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which → lead → normal
The soaring heat rapidly evaporates moisture from the ground and water basins, leaving countries such as Colombia with extended periods of drought and critically low precipitation.
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heat → soar → drought
“El Nino can bring devastating climate extremes on its own, but it’s unfolding today on a much warmer planet, increasing the likelihood that heat, drought, floods and fires will push communities and ecosystems beyond anything they have experienced before,” said Stephanie Roe, lead climate scientist with the World Wildlife Fund.
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Roe → bring → Fund
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