![]() ![]() "At its current pace, this year will burn more acres just from mid-May through early June than the entire 2022 wildfire season combined," AccuWeather Meteorologist Andrew Kienzle said. As of May 31, wildfires in Canada had already burned a total amount of more than 1.3 million acres above the 40-year historical average pace for an entire season. So far in 2023, Canadian wildfires have been equal parts wide-reaching and devastating. "This is a scary time for a lot of people from coast to coast to coast," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Friday. More than 100 fires are considered to be out-of-control across the province, according to the CBC. One fire in Barrington Lake could be seen clearly on satellite imagery and grew so large that it became the province's largest on record, according to the CBC.Ĭurrently, some of the worst fires in the nation are raging across large portions of Quebec. More recently, historic blazes roared to life in Nova Scotia. (Alberta Wildfire/Handout/Reuters)Ī smoke column rises from a wildfire near Lodgepole, Alberta, Canada on May 4. More than 13,000 people who live in the Canadian province of Alberta have been evacuated as wildfires rage across the region. A smoke column rises from a wildfire near Lodgepole, Alberta, Canada on May 4. ![]()
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