Holy jeepers.

Fire tornado over Gun Lake in BC's Central Interior.

#CanadaIsOnFire #FireTornado #Canada #CanadaWildfires

https://www.cp24.com/news/video-captures-incredibly-rare-b-c-wildfire-tornado-over-lake-1.6531530

Delays in people finding out news on #Canadian #wildfires
could cost lives as towns, remote areas need to be evacuated. Often people first hear #news items/alerts/updates via social media.

#yellowknife #kelowna #NWT #Canadaisonfire #Canadaburns #media
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/meta-putting-profit-ahead-of-safety-by-blocking-wildfire-news-says-trudeau/ar-AA1fAe2O

Attention #journalists. Facebook's blocking of #news adding to dangerous situations in Canada's north.
Saw this post elsewhere. A radio host in Yellowknife "said that most people in #NWT use #Facebook to access information. But Facebook now denies# Canadians the chance to share the news. This lowers the chance for people to learn about about emergencies and evacuation orders, such as the one that’s just come into place for #Yellowknife."
This needs to get into the news to help pressure Facebook to fix this.

#media #Meta #canada #canadaisonfire #Canadaburns

"The 2023 wildfire season is now B.C.'s most destructive on record — and it's only mid-July. Over 13,900 sq. km of land has now burned, amid recent surge in fire activity."

#Canadaisonfire #Canadianwildfires #Canada #fires #climate #climatecrisis

@CBCNews
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfire-july-18-1.6909596

This makes me sad. And afraid.
The air in many places may be good today but...

"Canadian officials have warned that the country faces a “long, tough summer” of wildfires as the current season shatters previous records and forecasts predict even hotter temperatures to come....“This number is literally off the charts, with at least three more months left in the active #wildfire season,”."

#Canada #CanadaIsOnFire #canadawildfires #climate #climatecrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/07/canada-wildfires-summer-weather-temps?ref=upstract.com

Fires in Canada today, June 28, 2023.
#smoke #Canada #canadawildfires #CanadaIsOnFire #pollution

https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map