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Satellite images show smoke from Canadian wildfires over Western Europe on August 17, 2024. Emissions from the fires are expected to exceed those of every year since tracking began in 2003, except for the historically bad 2023 season. [6] Soot and ash from Jasper landed on the Athabasca Glacier, allowing the glacier to absorb more sunlight ...
The fire burned around 23,015 hectares (56,871 acres) and between 30 and 40 structures were destroyed. [87] [88] The response to the fire included widespread evacuation orders of the surrounding area, displacing around 5000 people. [89] This wildfire was the largest recorded in the history of Nova Scotia. [83] [90]
An update from Parks Canada on August 1 indicated the wildfire had grown substantially and was now 39,000 hectares (96,000 acres), with more growth expected. [15] On August 17, Parks Canada and the Municipality of Jasper lifted the evacuation alert for Jasper after the wildfire was classified as being held. [16]
The fires are causing air quality problems. In Calgary on Wednesday, the air quality was rated 10+, meaning it topped the risk scale used by Canadian authorities.
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 ...
Unlock AccuWeather Alerts™ with Premium+ • The fires in Canada had scorched over 1.6 million hectares by May 21. By the same time last year, wildfires had bu Smoke from unprecedented Canadian ...
2023 Canadian wildfires: Canada (10 provinces and 3 territories) [85] Largest Canadian wildfire season in recorded history. 2023 14,000+ acres (5,556+ ha) 2023 Hawaii wildfires: Hawaii Deadliest wildfire in recorded Hawaii history, referred to as worst natural disaster in history of Hawaii by Governor Josh Green. [86] 2023 11,020 acres (4,460 ha)
Canadian wildfire smoke has returned to parts of the United States this week.. Air quality alerts were issued for the northern High Plains, the Midwest, Great Lakes, central Tennessee, North ...