The thick smoke and haze thatturned the New York City skyline orangein early June and brought some of the worst air quality levels the country has seen in decades was spawned by a series of wildfires burning in Canada. The fires arestill burning, with smoke going on to affect statessuch ...
Canada'swesternprovincesarebeinghithardbywildfires.Albertahasbeenhitespeciallyhard.Heavysmokefromthefireshasspreadfarbeyondtheregion.Albertahasbeenfightingwildfiresforseveralweeks.NearbyBritishColumbiaandSaskatchewanhavealsobeenseriouslyhitbywildfires.Sofar,thewildfiresinAlbertahaveburned8,420squarekilometersofland.Currentl...
Canada’s western provinces are being hit hard by wildfires. Alberta has been hit especially hard. Heavy smoke from the fires has spread far beyond the region. Alberta has been fighting wildfires for several weeks. Nearby British Columbia and Saskatchewan have also been seriously hit by wildfires...
Across Canada, 490 fires are burning, with 255 of them considered to be out of control. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre reported Monday that 76,129 square kilometers (29,393 square miles) of land includingforests has burned across Canadasince Jan. 1. That exceeds the previous reco...
We're going to see fires start earlier [and] last longer. We may look back at this first week of June in 2023 fondly in the future as a relatively modest event." New York Times Interactive Map: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Canada Wildfires For more info: Vijay Limaye, climate...
For example, the 2023 wildfires in Canada have imposed significant economic losses not only on Canadian cities impacted by the air pollution the fires generated, but they adversely impacted vast swathes of the densely populated North-East region of the United States (including New York City). ...
The frequency at which extreme fires occur around the world has more than doubled during the past two decades, according to an analysis of satellite data1. The trend is driven by the exponential growth of extreme fires across vast portions of Canada, the western United States and Russia, ...
VisitThe Weather Network's wildfire hubto keep up with the latest on the active start to wildfire season across Canada. The Nova Scotia government has increased its fine for breaking a ban on open burning, as crews from across...
Smoke from Canada’s wildfires has been moving into the United States since last month.The most recent fires near Quebechave been burning for at least several days. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said hazy skies, reduced visibility and the odor of burning wood are like...
Why are the Canadian wildfires out of control? Harsh weather conditions are fueling these fast-spreading fires, making them extremely difficult to combat. The country is currently at "national preparedness level 5," meaning Canada has fully committed all its national resources to mobilize the fight...