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"Two years after devastating wildfires razed 90 per cent of Lytton, B.C.,
reconstruction is slow and residents remain displaced and angry about it.
This summer, 65 per cent of the Northwest Territories’ 46,000 residents
evacuated, including almost the entire population of Yellowknife, due to a
wildfire.
The year 2023, in fact, marked Canada’s worst-ever wildfire season, with nearly
19 million hectares of forest scorched by mid-October.
Unfortunately the cycle of disaster and displacement is not new in Canada,
according to the Canadian Disaster Database. It indicates 351 disasters took
place from 2000-2020, resulting in the displacement of an estimated 569,224
people and almost $20 billion in costs."
Much the same applies here in Australia too.
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
