Why the country has struggled to beat back forest fires
More than four hundred fires are burning, of which some 200 are out of control. | Megan Albu/Getty ImagesIt’s been two decades since Canadian wildfires sent smoke barreling toward the U.S. as it has this week.Canada is struggling against an unusually fierce wildfire season that officials warn could get worse still.
That phenomenon is likely a one-off, something that hasn’t happened since 2002, when Quebec fires shrouded the air in Washington and Baltimore and parts of the East Coast. Fires in the maritime provinces are now being “held” and some evacuees are set to soon return home. But new evacuation orders were issued in northeastern British Columbia Thursday.
The risk of wildfires increases this month and remains “unusually high” throughout the summer due to dry conditions. The two leaders agreed the situation spells out the urgency of mitigating the dangers of climate change.“The ongoing wildfires remind us that carbon pollution carries a cost on our society, as it accelerates climate change,” Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault tweeted Wednesday.
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