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Daily Fire Weather Index forecast. The Forest fire weather index (FWI) (French: indice forêt météo, IFM) is an estimation of the risk of wildfire computed by Météo France and the Meteorological Service of Canada. It was introduced in France in 1992 but is based on a Canadian empirical model developed and widely used since 1976. [1]
The 2024 wildfires in Canada began as an extension of the record-setting 2023 wildfires.The country experienced an unusually long fire season in 2023 that lasted into the autumn; these fires smouldered through the winter and about 150 re-ignited as early as February 2024.
Wildland fire behavior is affected by weather, fuel characteristics, and topography. Weather influences fire through wind and moisture. Wind increases the fire spread in the wind direction, higher temperature makes the fire burn faster, while higher relative humidity, and precipitation (rain or snow) may slow it down or extinguish it altogether ...
The treacherous combination of rising temperatures and dried-up fuels has made Canadian forest much more prone to severe wildfires in recent decades, a new study has found. Driving these dangerous ...
The EU's Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service estimated last week that Canadian wildfires have released 290 million metric tons of carbon, over 25% of the global total for 2023 to date, and ...
Canada has officially marked its worst wildfire season on record, with smoke from the blazes crossing the Atlantic Ocean and reaching western Europe on Monday.. Canada has had a dramatic start to ...
The fire burned around 23,015 hectares (56,871 acres) and between 30 and 40 structures were destroyed. [88] [89] The response to the fire included widespread evacuation orders of the surrounding area, displacing around 5000 people. [90] This wildfire was the largest recorded in the history of Nova Scotia. [84] [91]
The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, meanwhile, reported just under 327,000 acres of prescribed burning in Canada in 2023. ... a fire break in the surrounding forest to mitigate potential ...