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When the fire season officially ended on October 31, the province had seen 775,000 hectares burned, compared to 2.2 million in 2023. [13] The Jasper fire topped the list of Canada's 10 most impactful weather stories of 2024. [32]
People living in the Midwest and Northeast were warned of a worsening air quality index throughout the week due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires
An Earthcam shows smoke in Kansas City, Missouri on the morning of May 14, 2024. (Earthcam) In a replay of last year around the same time, wildfires in Canada have become more numerous over the ...
So far, there have been 4,024 wildfires across Canada, scorching more than 23.5 million acres, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. That already exceeds the record of 18.7 ...
In general, since the 1970s and 1980s, the total annual number of wildfires has decreased but the area burned in Canada has increased. [18] Since 1959, the number of large fires greater than 200 ha (490 acres) has increased and the average fire season has become longer by about two weeks. [19] In Canada, wildfire season usually starts in May. [20]
2024 Texas wildfires [3] Midway Pasture Texas: Wilbarger: 1,147 August 15 August 16 2024 Texas wildfires [3] Red Creek Texas: Haskell: 2,778 August 16 August 17 2024 Texas wildfires [3] Dirt Road Texas: Dickens, King: 1,524 August 16 August 20 2024 Texas wildfires [3] Ratio Mountain Montana: Jefferson: 1,226 August 18
The south line of the Windy Duece fire just south of Lake Meredith near Fritch, Texas, can be seen from Highway 136 as the fire burns more than 8,000 acres as of Tuesday afternoon.
The smoke from those fires created hazardous conditions in New York City earlier this month, when the metropolis’s Air Quality Index spiked to 405, shattering the previous record of 279 set in 1981.