Maine firefighters to assist Canada as wildfires spread ; More than 500,000 acres have burned this spring, and heavy smoke is now wafting into northern Maine.From staff reports
Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for people to stay inside and keep windows closed. The smoke is flowing from dozens of wildfires burning in several
The devastating fires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories are just the latest in a summer of dramatic wildfires across the country that have left millions of hectares scorched. The entire province of British Columbia is under a state of emergency....
Conditions are worsening for wildfires across Western Canada, with the threat to rapidly grow, and spark new fires over the coming days. The combination of anextended heat wave, extremely dry conditions, as well as dry ...
Dozens of wildfires are burning across Canada in May 2024 and sending unhealthy smoke blowing into the northern US again. At the same time, the southeastern US is getting smoke from Mexico, where drought (干旱) conditions have been fueling fires. Last year, Canada’s record 2023 wildfire ...
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How bad is the problem with wildfires in Canada as temperatures climb? Very bad. To be specific, Canada wildfires have burned over 10 mn hectares this year. And it’s not just the loss of forests or the poisonous air people have to breathe. There is also the tragedy of lost homes and...
B.C. and the Yukon spoke about wildfires; the metro chiefs’ perspective expanded on this with concern of the extreme weather events and municipal FDs not being equipped and trained to respond, these events also being tiring to crews and damaging to equipment. P.E.I. brought up issues aroun...
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2016); recent episodes of severe wildfires; and a catastrophic outbreak of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae), which started in the early 1990s and subsequently spread to large parts of North America (NRC 2018). These outbreaks have significantly diminished lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta...