Tag: Wildfire
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Five charts to help understand Canada’s record-breaking wildfire season
[ad_1] It has been months since Canada surpassed the record for the worst wildfire season in recorded history in terms of area burned. Since June 27, to be exact. And some fires are still burning. Here’s an overview of the unprecedented season and what it means for the future of Canada’s forests. Total area burned…
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They Ran for a Better Life, Straight Into a Wildfire
[ad_1] As they traversed the harsh, wooded terrain in northeastern Greece, the 18 asylum seekers were presented with an agonizing dilemma: Take the safer route through villages and over highways, but into the arms of the Greek authorities, or travel through the forests and fields being ravaged by Europe’s largest recorded wildfire. They opted for…
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U.S. cities vulnerable to wildfire
[ad_1] Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze. As high winds whipped burning trees and grass, Ellison and his landlord struggled with plummeting water pressure. Ellison had…
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Wildfire smoke is as bad as it feels—and getting worse
[ad_1] It’s wildfire season in the West, with the San Francisco area under air quality alerts for part of the past week. Devastating wildfires in California have become all too common in recent years, and three of the state’s five deadliest wildfires happened since 2017. But this year also saw huge swaths of the Midwest,…
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Wildfire smoke erodes air quality gains in the U.S. : NPR
[ad_1] Smoky haze from wildfires in Canada obscures New York City’s Empire State Building this year. The air in the U.S. has improved over the past 50 years, but smoke pollution from growing wildfires erodes much of that progress. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Dee Delgado/Getty Images Smoky haze from wildfires…
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Australian wildfire danger causes fire ban in Sydney and closes schools
[ad_1] Sydney has experienced its first total fire ban in almost three years and several schools along the New South Wales state coast to the south have been closed because of a heightened wildfire danger caused by unusually hot and dry conditions across sout… ByThe Associated Press September 19, 2023, 3:04 AM People gather in…
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Edmonton weather: Wildfire smoke continues Monday, air quality high risk
[ad_1] Article content A look at Monday’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada. It’s 9.0 C at the Edmonton Blatchford weather station with 4 km/h winds out of the south. Article content The wildfire smoke came back the very next day – or maybe it never left. Either way, an air quality advisory remains in effect…
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N.W.T. wildfire update: More residents returning home
[ad_1] As communities across the Northwest Territories prepare to receive more returning residents, officials are cautioning that many of the wildfires which spurred evacuations in the first place are still active – something that may not change until regions get snow. “I would like to prepare evacuees for what they expect to come…
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B.C.’s predicted wildfire crisis arrived decades sooner than expected
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News B.C. has experienced its four most severe wildfire seasons on record during the past seven years, in 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2023. Author of the article: The Canadian Press Brenna Owen Published Sep 10, 2023 • Last updated 38 minutes ago • 5 minute read A helicopter being used…
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Trailhead to popular North Shore mountains closed over wildfire fears
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News But Lions Bay fire chief say reducing hikers doesn’t reduce fire risk. Published Sep 02, 2023 • Last updated 8 hours ago • 4 minute read Lions Bay resident Ehsan Monfared at the closed parking lot for Brunswick Mountain, Tunnel Bluffs, the West Lion and Mount Harvey at the…