B.C.’s stretch of hot weather is expected to last until Saturday, and evacuation orders have been issued for several communities in the Northwest Territories
, both in area burned and equipment and personnel pressed into service to try to control it.
B.C.’s stretch of hot weather is expected to last until Saturday. Temperatures are not expected to reach the extremes seen during the heat dome of 2021, when Lytton, B.C., hit a record 49.6 C on June 29. But high temperatures, especially over a prolonged period, are linked to higher risk of heat-related illness, the province said in a Saturday statement.
Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan in a social-media post Saturday said Canadian Armed Forces would be deployed to help tackle wildfires in the NWT. An advance reconnaissance team is already on the ground in Yellowknife and co-ordinating with the NWT government, Ms. Lamirande said.
The B.C. government in June announced it would spend $10-million to provide free air-conditioning units to people who are “medically vulnerable” and have low incomes, saying the new funds were expected to result in 8,000 units being installed over the next three years.
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