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"The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina in
Hawaii was still making headlines when the Northwest Territories issued an
evacuation order for Yellowknife and British Columbia declared a provincewide
state of emergency.
All 22,000 residents of Yellowknife are being evacuated in advance of a wall of
flame from out-of-control wildfires converging on the capital city. Yet this
isn’t the first time an entire Canadian town has been cleared.
In May 2016, all 90,000 residents of Fort McMurray, Alta., were evacuated
shortly before wildfires engulfed 2,400 homes and businesses with a total cost
of more than $4 billion.
In 2017 in British Columbia, the wildfire season led to the evacuation of more
than 65,000 residents across numerous communities, costing $130 million in
insured damages and $568 million in firefighting costs.
Let’s not forget the June 2021 heat dome resulting in temperature records being
broken across British Columbia three days in a row. The heat wave culminated in
Lytton, a village in the southern part of the province, recording 49.6 C on
June 29, the hottest temperature ever observed anywhere in Canada and breaking
the previous record by five degrees. The next day, wildfires engulfed Lytton,
destroying more than 90 per cent of the town."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
