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Government, and they have ordered people not to come to this area. its a very popular tourist area, and they have told tourists to leave, to keep hotel rooms open for the local residents who need them as there are so many homes under evacuation orders. we there are so many homes under evacuation orders.— there are so many homes under evacuation orders. we have been seeinu evacuation orders. we have been seeing the _ evacuation orders. we have been seeing the evacuations _ evacuation orders. we...

Area, and they have told tourists to leave, to keep hotel rooms open for the local residents who need them as there are so many homes here under evacuation orders. weve been seeing the evacuations in other areas of canada as well. we saw long lines of people waiting for aerial evacuations. authorities obviously have a lot on their plates. hundreds of fires burning in the general area there. does it seem to you that there are enough resources to get these blazes under control? yeah, that is a ver...

With bills great reporting from there. it is the presence of mind that officials have here in canada that they want to make sure people are not stranded in these communities. especially in a place like yellow knife. very difficult to get in and out which is why they created a ghost town so they battled the blazes. the weather is helping out right now. especially with the wind, theyre not being too careful and say theyll have more to tell residents in the coming days about when they can come back...

Like right now, that does not do too much, cooler temperatures do not help that much, it has been an unusually hot summer which is why these fires are as devastating as they are. more than a thousand fires currently burning in canada. in terms of authorities and firefighters, are they able to control and contain these blazes and protect communities? frankly they answer to that is no, otherwise we would not have 20,000 people all trying to drive down one highway out of yellowknife. clearly, fires...

In 2016 underestimated the strength of 21st century wildfires and he said he saw a lot of echoes in yellowknife and i have to be frank with you, i got five minutes into that interview and thought, what am i still doing here? several yellowknife is not the only area evacuated, several other communities have had to flee. many different blazes over there. give us a picture of what is taking place in the northwest territories. 0n the other side of a very large lake, you have two communities and toge...

Very much. appreciate it. turning now to the catastrophic hawaii wildfires that have left 111 people dead and estimated 1300 people missing. yesterday, mauis top emergency management official resigned effective immediately, citing health concerns. it comes one day after he defended his decision not to sound warning sirens as the blazes tore through the island. >> do you regret not sounding the sirens? >> i do not. had we sounded the siren that night, were afraid that people would have gone int...

Stops ringing. its hard and thats on top of the emotional burden of being worried so i think they are coping with it heroically. but its difficult. that is the bbc speaking to private kings family spokesperson. our north america correspondent sean dilley tried to predict what happens next. we are now instead going to stick with the united states where presidentjoe biden has announced he will head to the fire ravaged hawaii state on monday to meet the survivors and first responders still hunting ...

The Golden State’s fire season is heating up, with nearly 60 new fires reported throughout the northern half of the state over the last 24 hours.

The deadliest fire in modern U.S. history has brought attention to Hawaiian Electric—Hawaii’s largest power company— for their role in their blaze.

The challenge facing maui right now, as it wraps its head around how it might recover and rebuild in so many people are still missing. a state of emergency has been declared in canadas remote northwest territories where wildfires are threatening the provincial capital, yellowknife. a local official said the far northern region was in a crisis situation. four large blazes are burning near yellowknife. its mayor has urged its 20,000 residents to be on alert. canada is experiencing its worst wildfi...