Canada is already having another bad wildfire season
Randy Mann.
JAKE PARRISH/Press
It’s looking like another disastrous wildfire season across Canada. As of the last weekend of May, news outlets are reporting that the country was battling around 175 wildfires, with nearly 100 of them that were uncontained. With the official start of the summer season next month, officials are already stating that worsening conditions may be seen in the near future.
The hardest-hit provinces with wildfires in Canada are Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Forced evacuations of residents are over 20,000, with the highest in Manitoba. Over 17,000 residents had to flee their homes due to the out-of-control blazes, which is one of the largest evacuations in the country’s history. The premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan issued a “provincial emergency” last week.
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