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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 2023 fires were compared to the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire [21] [22] and the 2021 Lytton wildfire. [ 23 ] The 2023 fire season was mainly driven by anthropogenic climate change , with temperatures in Canada from May to October 2.2 °C (4 °F) higher than the 1991–2020 average. [ 24 ]
So far, there have been 4,024 wildfires across Canada, scorching more than 23.5 million acres, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. That already exceeds the record of 18.7 ...
Northwest Territories also hit by latest outbreak of drought-inspired summer blazes
There are 499 fires burning throughout the country, according to the Canadian Interagency Fire Center on Thursday. Some 230 fires are burning out-of-control and impacting provinces and territories ...
2023 Canadian wildfires: Canada (10 provinces and 3 territories) [85] Largest Canadian wildfire season in recorded history. 2023 14,000+ acres (5,556+ ha) 2023 Hawaii wildfires: Hawaii Deadliest wildfire in recorded Hawaii history, referred to as worst natural disaster in history of Hawaii by Governor Josh Green. [86] 2023 11,020 acres (4,460 ha)
The 2021 British Columbia wildfires burned across the Canadian province of British Columbia.The severity of the 2021 wildfire season has been attributed to the combination of extreme heat, lower than normal rainfall, and "repeated severe thunderstorms and lightning events" by the BC Wildfire Service, [2] and possibly exacerbated by human-caused climate change.
Wildfire smoke from Canada captivated the East Coast this week, but data shows that much of the United States has been dealing with smoke since early May. Maps: Canadian wildfire smoke has covered ...