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The North American Drought Monitor [7] has been established as a cooperative effort among drought experts in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. to monitor drought on a weekly basis. The site provides North American maps based on a synthesis of multiple indices and local impacts that best represents current drought conditions.
However, the drought broke in mid-June, with close to normal rainfall and only moderate heat thereafter. [30] Because crops were planted in April's moisture, the drought during May did not affect crop yields in regions south of Muskoka. [31] [32] The exception was a yield drag on winter wheat, which begins to ripen in early summer. [33]
Satellite images show smoke from Canadian wildfires over Western Europe on August 17, 2024. Emissions from the fires are expected to exceed those of every year since tracking began in 2003, except for the historically bad 2023 season. [6] Soot and ash from Jasper landed on the Athabasca Glacier, allowing the glacier to absorb more sunlight ...
The 2024 total is nearly triple the total insured losses recorded in 2023 and 12 times the annual average of C$701 million in the decade between 2001 and 2010, Insurance Bureau of Canada data showed.
Map shows where air quality conditions are unhealthy 16:10 , Ariana Baio As of Wednesday morning, air quality conditions are worse in the upper midwest region of the United States, according to a ...
As of spring 2021, extreme drought threatened the southern corners of Manitoba and Saskatchewan after an abnormally dry fall and winter. In June of 2023, some parts of the Great Plains saw a drought that according to the Canadian Drought Monitor was a one in fifty year occurrence. [55] [56]
People living in the Midwest and Northeast were warned of a worsening air quality index throughout the week due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires
The 2024 Lambton—Kent—Middlesex provincial by-election and 2024 Milton provincial by-election are held. [42] May 10–15 – 2024 Canadian wildfires: Evacuation orders are issued in parts of British Columbia and Alberta due to wildfires. [43] May 18 – Three people are killed after a speed boat and a fishing boat collide in Bobs Lake ...