Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Brieanna Charlebois, Nono Shen
Publication Date: July 8, 2024 - 22:39
Heat records tumble in B.C. as forecast brings new wildfire concerns
July 8, 2024
It was so hot on Sunday in Cache Creek, B.C., that only a “big, cold shower” could bring relief, Chandrika Dasi said.She works at the Historic Hat Creek Ranch and lives on site in a cabin, but said she had to abandon her home for the shower and then head to the ranchrestaurant for some air-conditioned relief.Dasi said the ranch is doing its best to cope with the heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring in British Columbia and beyond.
Unpublished Newswire
Extreme heat across Alberta and British Columbia fuelled numerous wildfires on the weekend, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes and choking much of the region with thick smoke.Temperatures in Western Canada hovered in the 30s C – and areas of the B.C. Interior surpassed 40 C – triggering heat warnings for much of the region. Forecasts called for more of the same at least until the middle of this week, along with windy conditions in some areas, generating ideal conditions for blazes to expand.
July 21, 2024 - 20:09 | Jeffrey Jones | The Globe and Mail
Lightning-triggered wildfires over the weekend have prompted a number of evacuation orders and alerts across British Columbia, a situation that has been exacerbated by an ongoing heat wave.The BC Wildfire Service said Sunday that crews are battling more than 300 blazes, with several evacuation orders in effect in both Central and East Kootenay as well as in Thompson-Nicola, Cariboo and Bulkley — Nechako in the northwest.
July 21, 2024 - 19:24 | | The Globe and Mail
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