CNN New Day Weekend With Christi Paul and Boris Sanchez February 13, 2022 11:45:00
Epidemic levels, but in some areas what we call a hyper-epidemic. >> mountain pine beetles attack a single tree like an invading army and the pine kills cracks with a sticky chemical compound. this turns out to be highly flammable, so in the end if the beetles win, you've got a 50-foot fire starter. beetle kill forests help accelerate those western mega fires, and altogether 50 million acres have been lost up here, an area the size of minnesota. >> we have more than 30 mill closures in the interior of b.c. alone. mills are not running 24/7 anymore. >> reporter: in the meantime, there is the 40...
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