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#Wildfires2024: Canada ‘preparing for the worst’ after record season last year | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/10414136/2024-wildfires-canada-preparing-for-the-worst/ “Early projections for 2024 indicate the potential for early and above-normal #fire activity over the spring months as a result of ongoing #drought forecasts,”

A press release accompanying the conference Wednesday said the government’s early metrics show #Canada may be at risk of another “catastrophic” #WildfireSeason due to #ExtremeTemperatures boosted by #ElNiño.

Wildfires 2024: Canada ‘preparing for the worst’ after record season last year

The federal government says it is taking measures to prepare for this year's wildfire season, noting that wildfire activity is already at above-normal levels.

Global News
Apr 11, 2024 at 1:47amWeb
Show threadAuscandocApr 11, 2024

“There are approximately 70 fires currently burning across the country, primarily in northern B.C., northern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories, according to Michael Norton from Natural Resources Canada (#NRCAN).

Norton said at a technical briefing earlier Wednesday that most of the blazes are “#HoldoverFires from 2023 that smouldered through the warm, dry winter we experienced and have become more active as spring progresses.”

Show threadBruce MirkenApr 11, 2024
@auscandoc This seems, uh... alarming.