BBCNEWS Weather World September 3, 2021 00:32:00
The eyes of the world to a small village in british columbia. the whole village is going. this is lytton, filmed by residents fleeing as it burns almost to extinction. for three straight days injune this place recorded canada's highest temperature on record, reaching 49.6 celsius, just before fire swept through it, burning nearly everything. it was an historic heatwave across western canada and the north—west usa as a so—called high—pressure heat dome grew over the area both trapping and building the heat day on day. it is thought the extreme heat was a contributing factor in hundreds of...