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Alberta, covered in wildfire smoke (May 2023) In May, Alberta was the province most impacted by wildfires. [20] [49] Most large wildfires in Alberta in 2023 were triggered by lightning. [31] On May 6, the province of Alberta declared a provincial state of emergency. [50] [51] By May 7, 108 active fires were burning in the province. [52]
Fire bans began in Alberta on February 20. [13] Beginning in mid-May, wildfires began to encroach on Fort McMurray , which had been devastated by fire in 2016 . [ 14 ] [ 15 ] On the evening of May 10, the wildfire designated MWF017 was 16 km southeast of Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo had issued an evacuation alert ...
Alberta is in the grip of 158 wildfire events of which 55 are out of contr. ... OTTAWA (Reuters) - Wildfires raging through the northern part of Canada's Alberta have forced evacuations of three ...
Ottawa, Ontario Eastern Canada 0 12 [52] 2023 March 1 - present 2023 Alberta wildfires: Wildfires North and Central Alberta: Prairies Unknown Unknown Series of upwards of 750 wildfires across the province of Alberta, still ongoing. Smoke could be seen from as far away as Sweden. [53] [54] 2023 March 30 2023 St. Lawrence River River boat ...
Alberta had the most at 23, followed by Ontario and Quebec, which had eight each, according to the report. On Monday, the agency reported at least 27 new wildland fires, with 16 in British Columbia.
Wildfire smoke from Canada captivated the East Coast this week, but data shows that much of the United States has been dealing with smoke since early May. Maps: Canadian wildfire smoke has covered ...
The 2019 Alberta wildfires have been described by NASA as part of an extreme fire season in the province. [5] In 2019 there were a total of 803,393.32 hectares (1,985,228 acres), [1] [6] [7] [8] which is over 3.5 times more land area burned than in the five-year average burned. [9]
The Jasper fire could be one of the most damaging in Alberta since a 2016 conflagration that hit the oil town of Fort McMurray, forcing the evacuation of all 90,000 residents.