Canadian fires force evacuations ; British Columbia declares state of emergencyFrom staffwire reports
Canadian fires this big, this early in the season? Freakish! 😨 Limaye said, "The climate science indicates that this could just be the beginning. 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...
"Taking this step will further ensure we can protect the public, property and infrastructure, and assist with firefighting efforts," he said. As of Aug. 14, there were 566 wildfires burning in B.C., with 29 evacuation orders affecting approximately 3,050 people and 1,521 properties, accordin...
The 2023 Canadian forest fires have been extreme in scale and intensity with more than seven times the average annual area burned compared to the previous four decades1. Here, we quantify the carbon emissions from these fires from May to September 2023 on the basis of inverse modelling of sate...