This is a graphic comparing the average area of land burned in a Canadian wildfire season with the amount burned so far in 2023 ... lightning storms. Northwest Territories 9,500 km sq; The ...

As smoke lingered over the Northwest Territories ... to wildfire, smoke and a long dry season," she said. Kandola said reviewing the data to see the impact of the smoke from the 2023 wildfire ...

1:25 Federal government announces new funding for wildfire equipment in B.C., NWT Last year’s catastrophic ... The N.W.T. was certainly challenged in 2023. The report from consultancy MNP ...

Sambaa K'e, N.W.T., has issued an evacuation alert over wildfires burning nearby. An evacuation alert does not mean people have to leave the town at this time. However, they should get ready in case ...

Thousands of residents fled the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching wildfire Thursday, some driving hundreds of miles to safety and others signing up for emergency ...

Hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada’s ... Other residents have until noon on Friday, August 18, 2023 to evacuate,” Northwest Territories officials said in a news release Wednesday.

Canada is experiencing its most destructive wildfire season ... over the U.S. A map updated daily by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre shows how widespread the 2023 wildfires have ...

Aleks Phillips is a Newsweek U.S. News Reporter based in London. His focus is on U.S. politics and the environment. He has covered climate change extensively, as well as healthcare and crime.

Wildfires are forecast to continue and expand through the summer in Western Canada and parts of the country’s north.

People without vehicles lineup to register for a flight to Calgary, Alberta in Yellowknife on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. A new report says last year's catastrophic wildfire season found the Northwest ...