Wood Buffalo wildfire recovery (Jun 15)0
- Environment
- June 15, 2016
Recovery efforts are well underway two weeks after the start of voluntary re-entry into wildfire-affected communities in Wood Buffalo.
READ MORERecovery efforts are well underway two weeks after the start of voluntary re-entry into wildfire-affected communities in Wood Buffalo.
READ MOREMost Fort McMurray residents, at least those lucky enough to still have homes not lost to the wildfire, have been sleeping in their own beds for a week now.
READ MOREhe Fort McMurray wildfire remains out of control, with minimal growth yesterday, and is nearly 56 per cent contained. It is estimated to cover 581,695 hectares, including the Saskatchewan side, with a perimeter estimate of 984 kilometres.
READ MOREAs lightning moved its way east from the Yukon over the mountains and into the Northwest Territories over the weekend, fire management crews were hoping it would bring some rain with it.
READ MOREWinter is almost over, and unless the North experiences a series of storms that drop an abundance of snow in the next month, the forests in spring will be tinder-dry. Since the coming summer promises to be as drought-stricken as last year, wildfires will be a major threat once again.
READ MOREMoraine Point Lodge, a beautiful eco-tourism destination on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, was burned to the ground by wildfire last week, leaving the owners in a state of shock.
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