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Lightning-caused wildfires only accounted for 59% of Canada's 6,700 ignitions in 2023, but led to about 90% of the area burned, according to a pre-print study.
Last year was Canada’s most destructive wildfire season ever, with a confluence of drought, extreme fire weather and dry forest fuels combining to burn about 150,000 square kilometres of land — an area roughly half the size of Italy.
Lightning-caused wildfires only accounted for 59% of Canada's 6,700 ignitions in 2023, but led to about 90% of the area burned, according to a pre-print study.
After facing many obstacles in opening up a new location, the Shraim brothers launched their grand opening of their business ‘Shraim’s Sweets’ on Saturday.
Advertisement Victoria is bracing for a night of wild weather with damaging winds of 100km/h or more and heavy rainfall forecast for parts of the state. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued warnings for damaging winds, floods and marine winds for much of the state plus blizzard conditions on the alpine peaks with the storms predicted to be at their worse about 1am on Thursday. The central and eastern parts of Melbourne face winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h with peak gusts of 100km/h while parts of the central, north-central and north-east districts have also received a warning for heavy rainfall...