Wildfires Burn Nearly 1 Million Acres in Western Canada
Light rain and cooler temperatures brought much-needed relief over the weekend to Alberta, where nearly 30,000 residents have been forced to evacuate.
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Light rain and cooler temperatures brought much-needed relief over the weekend to Alberta, where nearly 30,000 residents have been forced to evacuate.
Some 25,000 Canadians have been forced to flee their homes
More than 13,000 people were under evacuation orders in Alberta, as 78 fires burned. Among the worst-hit areas was the territory of the Little Red River Cree Nation, which comprises three communities in the north of the province, where the 1,458-hectare (3609-acre) Fox Lake fire consumed 20 homes and the police station.
Global warming is wreaking havoc in Western Canada where wildfires rage in Alberta and floods threaten to ravage British Columbia.
With spring heat reaching its peak, thousands of people are forced to evacuate their homes in western Canada as wildfires devastate parts of Alberta on Friday. The wildfires are making the snow melt raising alarms of flooding across interior British Columbia including Cache Creek and Grand Forks