OTTAWA: Canada is facing a dire wildfire situation through the coming months, officials warned on Monday after vast swaths of forests and grasslands from its Pacific to Atlantic coasts have been scorched. READ HERE:
Some 26,000 people remain displaced by fires at present, with about 120,000 having had to flee at some point over the past month.From westernmost British Columbia to Nova Scotia on the east coast, about 3.3 million hectares have burned so far.'Our modeling shows that this may be an especially severe wildfire season throughout the summer,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference.
'Wilkinson said wildfire risks are likely to 'increase in June and remain unusually high throughout the summer across the country. It shows us that this year's already devastating season could well get worse.'Canada has been hit repeatedly by extreme weather in recent years, the intensity and frequency of which have increased due to global warming.
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