More than 35,000 people have been driven out of their homes in the western Canadian province.
KELOWNA: Wildfires that ravaged the interiors of British Columbia for the past four days showed some signs of easing yesterday, giving hope to firefighters who have been at the forefront of an “epic” battle, but authorities warn of a long road to recovery.
The Pacific coast province could get some rains this week from the moisture of tropical storm Hilary, which made its historic arrival in California yesterday, bringing some relief to the province which is in the grip of a severe drought. “We haven’t been challenged with extraordinary fire behaviour. We are dealing with things like we are used to seeing. However, we are dealing with them on an epic scale,” Brolund told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.Forest fires are not uncommon in Canada but the spread of blazes and disruptions underscore the severity of its worst wildfire season yet, which some experts have blamed on climate change.
About 2,000km to the north, a wildfire burning out of control in Yellowknife, the capital of Northwest Territories , has turned the remote interior city into a smoky, ghost town with almost all of its 20,000 residents evacuated.
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