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An area the size of greece. in the province of british columbia, firefighters battling blazes in kelowna say their biggest challenge is the lack of visibility. smoke blanketing the region has prompted air quality warnings across the country and further south in the us. but some rain in the province has helped. our correspondent wyre davies is in british columbia with more. with around 8000 wildfires happening, this has been one of the worst of wildfires seasons and canadas recent history. many o...

Whipped up by high winds and temperatures that continue to climb. on tuesday, several places reached over a0 degrees celsius, which is 104 farenheit. a hospital in one city had to be evacuated, with newborn babies and intensive care patients rushed to safety. in the past three days, more than 380—thousand acres of land have burned in the region, spreading rapidly in the large wooded dadia national park. residents there are facing widespread loss. translation: it has reached the entire village,...

Active wildfires burning in the province of british columbia, and the northwest territories. tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate and a state of emergency remains in force. however, more help is coming, soldiers are being deployed to battle some blazes. the clean—up is under way in the southwest of the us as whats left of tropical storm hilary makes its way into nevada. these are some of the latest pictures, coming from cathedral city, just outside of palm springs. the tor...

Road to recovery ahead. the hawaiian authorities have said it could be months, even years before the remains of all the victims are identified, and 850 people are still unaccounted for. peter bowes, bbc news. we have more environmental news for you this morning. here isjon. tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes in canada as wildfires continue to ravage western regions of the country. canadas prime minister, justin trudeau, has labelled the scenes there "apocalyptic", and while...

Completely destroyed. scientists say human—caused global warming is exacerbating natural hazards, making them both more frequent and more deadly. in the short term, the authorities here say there is rain forecast for later today, which should help. but tens of thousands of canadians whove been evacuated are now waiting to learn if they will have a home to go back to. graham satchell, bbc news. another country battling wildfires is spain. on a visit to the island of tenerife, the prime minister...

Amid Canada's worst wildfire season in history, leading scientists have concluded the fire-friendly weather that fuelled exceptional blazes in the east was made at least seven times more likely by climate change.

To help, and for those who cant move freely, the canadian air force is airlifting people to safety. as officials urge residents in areas under threat to take immediate action to save their own lives, the canadian government said it was sending in the armed forces to help deal with the crisis. im joined now by nicole bonnet. shes an information officer from the british columbia wildfire service. nicole, thank you for being here. there are hundreds of blazes burning in british columbia. we underst...

This fire has caused the most destruction to a number of structures. the most structures have been destroyed in this fire according to officials who also say the largest number of residents were threatened by this fire. thousands of people were ordered to evacuate in this community outside of spokane, washington. some good news, theres 10% containment were told here on the gray fire. this fire still going out of control. firefighters have been working by the hundreds around the clock to battle t...

Because of the wildfires in washington as well as wildfires in canada. all of this unfolding as we have learned from officials that theres one confirmed death, someone who was found in the gray fire zone, another person confirmed to have been found dead in the oregon road fire zone. however, at this point, officials have not confirmed whether or not those deaths have been caused by the fires. so well be watching for an update there amid this devastation, as firefighters, again, continue working ...

The gray fire zone. >> i would not be surprised if we have more fatalities as were able to get into areas and investigate. >> reporter: at last word, that blaze 0% contained. >> this is one of the most challenging, difficult fires that washington state has seen because of the fuel load, the wind, and the heavy population >> reporter: the regions fires have already destroyed at least 300 structures, including homes. >> i started to remember all the treasures from family heirlooms that ill never g...