Wildfires have now burned 10M hectares of Canadian land
Officials have warned that in many parts of the country, fire seasons are starting earlier and are becoming longer. Earlier this month, government officials
with projections showing potential for higher-than-normal fire activity right across the country throughout the month and into August.Conditions are being driven by drought and above-normal temperatures, officials said in a presentation to reporters on July 6. Fires are burning across the nation, which is also unprecedented, they added.Canada’s wildfire season has gotten so dire that the country needs an “unprecedented level of international support” to fight them.
“The firefighting effort has now truly become a global effort,” officials said during the presentation. The government has signed several agreements with nations on wildfire assistance, and recently inked resource-sharing deals with Portugal and the United States.
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