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On July 6, 2017, a two-hectare wildfire began west of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada marking the beginning of the record-breaking 2017 wildfire season in British Columbia. [3] On July 7, 56 new fires started throughout British Columbia (BC) leading to several evacuation alerts, orders and the declaration of a provincial state of ...
A 230 hectare fire spawned on Vancouver Island on July 22, 5 km south of Sooke Lake. The fire was held, but required 70 firefighters and three helicopters and forced the precautionary closure of nearby Sooke Potholes Regional Park. [42] [43] On July 28, BC Wildfire Services reported 372 fires, classifying 177 as out of control. [44]
Also known as the Lava Canyon fire, this was the largest fire in BC in 2009. Started on 31 July by lightning, this fire made news when it threatened a wild horse population. [51] 2010: 98,842 acres (40,000 ha) Binta Lake Fire: British Columbia: BC's largest blaze of 2010, resulted in evacuation orders and alerts. Burned 70,000 acres in a 12 ...
Central Canada 3 2013 June 20 – July 12: 2013 Alberta floods: Flood southwest Alberta around Calgary Region: Prairies 5 2013 July 6: Lac-Mégantic rail disaster: Rail accident Lac-Mégantic, Quebec: Central Canada 47 2013 September 18: Ottawa bus–train crash: Rail-traffic accident Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 6 2014 January 23: L'Isle ...
On July 11, a 9-year-old boy in 100 Mile House, B.C., died after suffering an asthma attack worsened by wildfire smoke. [218] On July 13, a firefighter for the B.C. Wildfire Service was killed by a falling tree. [219] [220] On July 15, a firefighter for the Northwest Territories Forest Management Service died when he was struck by a falling ...
A fire restriction started in effect. [11] As for July 10, the wildfire hazard dropped because of rain. [12] By October 31, HLWMA had 333 wildfires and totalled 1,773 wildfires recorded, which was such a large figure that only had been exceeded twice since 1990, with 491,802 hectares burned. [7] [13]
Add solar superflares to the list of natural disasters of concern. Superflares are extremely strong solar flares – explosions with energies up to ten thousand times that of typical solar flares.
Local Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) of the National Weather Service may issue a Special Weather Statement to alert of a specified hazard that is approaching or below warning or advisory criteria, that does not have a specific alert product code of their own (such as for widespread funnel clouds with limited to no threat of complete tornadogenesis, the likelihood of landspouts, or strong ...