ILEA001620326: Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured an image of a fire burning several hundred kilometers southwest of Yellowknife on August 16, 2023. This fire recently overran Enterprise, a small community of about 150 people on the south shore of Great Slave Lake. According to news reports, between 85 and 95 percent of the structures in the community were destroyed. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of smoke spreading across parts of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Montana on August 16, 2023. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - On August 16, 2023, astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured a detailed photograph, which shows smoke in valleys in British Columbia near the towns of Golden and Revelstoke Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - This satellite image shows large wildfires closing in on the town of Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories on August 16, 2023. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on August 8, 2023. Dense plumes of smoke streamed from dozens of large fires in the Northwest Territories, including several that raged around Yellowknife, the province’s capital and largest city. Firefighters are conducting controlled burns around the city’s perimeter as a cautionary measure. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison via ABACAPRESS.COM

Wildfires Burning - Quebec

Handout picture, dated on June 4, 2023 in Baie Penicouane, Quebec, Canada. Members of SOPFEU, Société de Protection Des Forets Contre Le Feu, (Forest Fire Protection Company) fight forest fires burning in Quebec, Canada. With more than nine million hectares of land burnt, more than 20,000 residents evacuated and at least 400 fires still active, half of which are thought to be out of control, a series of staggering figures revealed on Wednesday by Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair, show that the country is facing an unprecedented battle against raging forest fires. Ten new forest fires broke out in Canada on Friday, bringing the total number of forest fires in the country so far this year to 2,405, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Handout Photo by Audrey Marcoux/SOPFEU/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wildfires Burning - Quebec

Handout picture, dated on June 4, 2023 in Baie Penicouane, Quebec, Canada. Members of SOPFEU, Société de Protection Des Forets Contre Le Feu, (Forest Fire Protection Company) fight forest fires burning in Quebec, Canada. With more than nine million hectares of land burnt, more than 20,000 residents evacuated and at least 400 fires still active, half of which are thought to be out of control, a series of staggering figures revealed on Wednesday by Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair, show that the country is facing an unprecedented battle against raging forest fires. Ten new forest fires broke out in Canada on Friday, bringing the total number of forest fires in the country so far this year to 2,405, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Handout Photo by Audrey Marcoux/SOPFEU/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wildfires Burning - Quebec

Handout picture, dated on June 4, 2023 in Chapais, Quebec, Canada. Members of SOPFEU, Société de Protection Des Forets Contre Le Feu, (Forest Fire Protection Company) fight forest fires burning in Quebec, Canada. With more than nine million hectares of land burnt, more than 20,000 residents evacuated and at least 400 fires still active, half of which are thought to be out of control, a series of staggering figures revealed on Wednesday by Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair, show that the country is facing an unprecedented battle against raging forest fires. Ten new forest fires broke out in Canada on Friday, bringing the total number of forest fires in the country so far this year to 2,405, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Handout Photo by Audrey Marcoux/SOPFEU/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wildfires Burning - Quebec

Handout picture, dated on June 4, 2023 in Baie Penicouane, Quebec, Canada. Members of SOPFEU, Société de Protection Des Forets Contre Le Feu, (Forest Fire Protection Company) fight forest fires burning in Quebec, Canada. With more than nine million hectares of land burnt, more than 20,000 residents evacuated and at least 400 fires still active, half of which are thought to be out of control, a series of staggering figures revealed on Wednesday by Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair, show that the country is facing an unprecedented battle against raging forest fires. Ten new forest fires broke out in Canada on Friday, bringing the total number of forest fires in the country so far this year to 2,405, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Handout Photo by Audrey Marcoux/SOPFEU/ABACAPRESS.COM

Wildfires Burning - Quebec

Handout picture, dated on June 4, 2023 in Chapais, Quebec, Canada. Members of SOPFEU, Société de Protection Des Forets Contre Le Feu, (Forest Fire Protection Company) fight forest fires burning in Quebec, Canada. With more than nine million hectares of land burnt, more than 20,000 residents evacuated and at least 400 fires still active, half of which are thought to be out of control, a series of staggering figures revealed on Wednesday by Canada's Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair, show that the country is facing an unprecedented battle against raging forest fires. Ten new forest fires broke out in Canada on Friday, bringing the total number of forest fires in the country so far this year to 2,405, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Handout Photo by Audrey Marcoux/SOPFEU/ABACAPRESS.COM

Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

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