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Scientists have strong evidence wildfire can make landslides and flooding worse. Is it time for B.C. to adopt a U.S.-style rapid response team to help warn people?
Western Wildfires Set Record Here’s a fact that almost no one living in the west will be surprised to hear. Rippey: “It appears that a modern US record has been set for wildfire acreage during the extraordinarily active western wildfire season of 2020. 10.27 million acres of vegetation burned across the 50 United States in 2020. This is also the first time we’ve seen more than 10 million acres burned in the lower 49 states.” USDA meteorologist, Brad Rippey speaking on numbers released by the Interagency Fire Service. Rippey says just 200 thousand acres were burned in Alaska. 2020 mar...