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Fire season in Yukon, northwestern Canada was ‘complex and challenging’

7 October 2019 10 h 39 min — 7 October 2019 14 h 47 min CBC News 0 Comments climate change, forest fires, wildfires, Yukon

Damien Burns, the director of Yukon Wildland Fire Management, says firefighters in Yukon had quite a summer this year —

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‘History-maker’ wildfire in northwestern Canada could flare up again, politician worries

3 October 2019 14 h 57 min — 3 October 2019 17 h 45 min CBC News 0 Comments disasters, Don Hutton, Ethel Lake, forest fires, wildfires, Yukon

Don Hutton, a retired wildland firefighter, says he’s never seen anything like the “history-maker” fire that raged near Mayo and

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Residents on alert as crews battle large wildfire in northwestern Canada

11 September 2019 14 h 04 min CBC News 0 Comments Ethel Lake, forest fires, Stewart Crossing, wildfires, Yukon

Eighteen people have been flown out of the vicinity of a growing wildfire in central Yukon (northwestern Canada), while other

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Health impacts of wildfire smoke can linger for years, U.S. study says

2 September 2019 15 h 00 min Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments air pollution, Alaska, forest fires, health, Montana, wildfires

This summer has been filled with smoke for communities near the Swan Lake fire like Sterling and Cooper landing in

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Drivers describe ‘hellfire’ on Southcentral Alaska highway Sunday

27 August 2019 10 h 29 min Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, forest fires, Swan Lake Fire, wildfires

Marina Brooks was traveling the Sterling Highway from Anchorage to her home in Anchor Point, in Southcentral Alaska, Sunday night

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Calm winds helping firefighters battle wildfires in southcentral Alaska

23 August 2019 10 h 06 min — 23 August 2019 10 h 44 min Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

Calm winds are aiding firefighters as they continue to battle blazes throughout Southcentral. On Thursday, the McKinley Fire, between Willow

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Local firefighters first to fight southcentral Alaska wildfires

22 August 2019 10 h 57 min Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

Dozens of wildland firefighters have arrived from the Lower 48 this week to fight the McKinley fire south of Talkeetna.

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Alaska wildfire evacuees begin to learn fate of their homes

21 August 2019 10 h 51 min Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

When residents fled the worsening McKinley fire in southcentral Alaska on Saturday and Sunday, many left their homes not knowing

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Extreme weather fuelling wildfires in southcentral Alaska

20 August 2019 13 h 35 min Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, drought, forest fires, heat, summer, weather, wildfires

Usually by August, peak fire season has passed. But fire and climate experts say conditions in Southcentral Alaska were nearly

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A breakdown of wildfires raging in southcentral Alaska

20 August 2019 10 h 04 min — 21 August 2019 16 h 08 min Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

Major wildfires continued to burn north and south of Anchorage Monday, threatening property and major infrastructure, snarling highway travel and

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Southcentral Alaska wildfire: evacuations, burnt structures and highway closures

19 August 2019 10 h 40 min — 19 August 2019 14 h 32 min Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Anchorage, disasters, forest fires, wildfires

At least 50 structures burned Sunday in the McKinley wildfire north of Anchorage, according to the Division of Forestry. The

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July may surpass hottest month in recorded history says World Meteorological Organization

5 August 2019 8 h 56 min — 5 August 2019 10 h 03 min Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Canada, climate change, Copernicus Climate Change Programme, Russia, Siberia, weather, wildfires

July at least equalled, and may even have surpassed, being the hottest month in recorded history, says the World Meteorological

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Poor air quality in Yellowknife, Northern Canada as fire grows outside the city

22 July 2019 10 h 29 min — 23 July 2019 10 h 14 min Priscilla Hwang, CBC News 0 Comments air quality, environment, NWT, wildfires, Yellowknife

The out-of-control fire northwest of Yellowknife, Arctic Canada has almost doubled since Saturday, but it remains no threat to the

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Arctic summer 2019: record heat, dramatic ice loss and raging wildfires

22 July 2019 9 h 47 min — 29 July 2019 9 h 39 min Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments climate, heat, sea ice, temperature, weather, wildfires

Never before have temperatures this high been registered at this time of year. June 2019 was the warmest ever on

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Artificial intelligence could better predict climate change impacts, some experts believe

15 July 2019 11 h 10 min — 17 July 2019 13 h 23 min Taylor Logan, CBC News 0 Comments agriculture, Artificial intelligence, Biodiversity, climate change, technology, temperatures, water, wildfires

Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to track patterns that could help tackle climate change challenges. All signs point toward a

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