![]() ![]() Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg James MacDonald/Bloomberg/Getty Images ![]() Canada is on track to see its worst-ever wildfire season in recorded history if the rate of land burned continues at the same pace. On Monday, the agency reported at least 27 new wildland fires, with 16 in British Columbia.Ī helicopter waterbomber flies above the Cameron Bluffs wildfire near Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. There were at least 53 new wildland fires on Sunday, according to the National Fire Situation Report from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.Īlberta had the most at 23, followed by Ontario and Quebec, which had eight each, according to the report. The wildfires have continued to burn across multiple provinces in Canada. Because the smoke is injected at high altitudes, it’s able to stay in the atmosphere longer and travel farther distances. “Whilst the smoke is high up in the atmosphere, it may make for some vivid sunrises and sunsets in the next few days,” the Met Office, the UK’s national weather service, wrote on Twitter.įorecast models show the smoke lingering in the upper levels of the atmosphere over Europe for much of this week.ĬNN previously reported that smoke from the wildfires reached Norway at the start of June. This means the smoke will not lead to dramatically worse surface air quality like the Northeast US experienced a few weeks ago. The smoke that has made its way into Europe has done so via the jet stream – strong winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Shannon Stapleton/Reutersįour alarming charts that show just how extreme the climate is right now People wear protective masks as the Roosevelt Island Tram crosses the East River while haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires shroud the Manhattan skyline in the Queens Borough New York City, on June 7. ![]()
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