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These tips can help keep you safe during a potentially severe 2024 wildfire season
The Conversation· 5 days agoThe 2023 wildfire season was Canada’s worst on record. The fires emitted nearly 480 million tonnes of carbon, five times the emissions of an average season, turning the skies ...
You got an air quality alert. What now?
Yahoo Life Wellness via AOL· 6 days agoIndeed, air quality alerts for Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota went out on May 13 as Canadian wildfires sent heavy clouds of smoke into...
Embroiled in lawsuits from wildfires, Xcel faces tradeoffs of safety vs. cost
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 4 days agoA transmission line patrol foreman for Xcel Energy smacked the base of a wood power pole with a...
Massachusetts warns of air quality alert amid hot weather: ‘Air is unhealthy for sensitive children...
Boston Herald· 6 days agoThe dreaded air quality alerts are back. State environmental officials were warning that air was...
Cooler, wetter weather reduces wildfire activity in northeast B.C.
Houston Today· 6 days agoThe BC Wildfire Service says cooler, wetter conditions are allowing crews to make progress in their...
Evacuation orders in and around Fort Nelson to lift Monday: mayor
Houston Today· 19 hours agoThe mayor of the British Columbia municipality that includes the evacuated community of Fort Nelson...
B.C. wildfires: Plans underway for residents to return to Fort Nelson
Houston Today· 5 days agoThe mayor of the regional municipality that includes the evacuated community of Fort Nelson, B.C.,...
B.C. mayor says drones endangering wildfire heli pilots, pleads for patience
Houston Today· 6 days agoThe mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality in British Columbia says drones are...
B.C. mayor hopes wildfire evacuees can return to Fort Nelson early next week
Houston Today· 4 days agoThe mayor of the regional municipality that includes Fort Nelson, B.C., that was evacuated due to a...
Leaders must disaster-proof Canada’s hospitals against climate change: experts
Houston Today· 1 day agoThe sky glowed red over the northern Alberta town, which felt eerily abandoned as tens of thousands...