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"...Parts of the County of Grande Prairie remain under evacuation order, although progress was made overnight, the county said in a Sunday morning update..."
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"...This is an Alberta Emergency Alert. The County of Grande Prairie has updated its evacuation order due to Wildfire. This order is in effect from Kleskun Creek North to Township Road 742..."
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"...“Reduce sources of indoor air pollution. If you can, avoid smoking or vaping indoors, burning incense and candles, frying foods, using wood stoves and vacuuming. Dust on indoor surfaces can be removed by wiping and wet mopping during a pollution episode,” the ECCC says..."
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"...The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6. 4, according to the U. S..."
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"...PADANG, Indonesia (AP) Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano's slopes on Indonesias Sumatra island triggered flash floods that killed at least 15 people and injured several others, officials said Sunday..."
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"...Keeping your favourite items out of the landfill is now a little easier thanks to the Repair Cafe in Ottawas Alta Vista neighbourhood..."
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"...The Blueberry River First Nations Emergency Operations Centre has issued an evacuation alert, due to the three-hectare Donnie Creek wildfire that reignited Friday..."
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"...Environment Canada warns however, there is a chance the rotation could intensify and become a weak landspout tornado..."
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"...Environment Canada warned however there was a chance the rotation could intensify and become a weak landspout tornado, which typically does not cause significant damage, but is strong enough to topple trees, damage roofs and toss debris short distances. ..."
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"...While no official warning has been issued, Environment Canada says there's a chance the rotation could intensify and become a weak landspout tornado. Those usually dont result in significant damage, but could topple trees or toss around debris..."
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"...FORT NELSON, B. C. The wildfire forcing thousands to evacuate from a northeast British Columbia town has doubled again in size as the blaze grows merely a few kilometres west of city limits..."
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"...According to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS), the suspected cause of the now-1696-hectare fire is human activity..."
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"...A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems..."
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Recent episodes relevant to the latest news and opinion.
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"...On this episode of “Ask NRCan,” research scientist Alexandre Normandeau talks about his work on underwater landslides and their impacts on coastal communities. ..."
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"...About 150 old brine wells in the area are being plugged..."
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"...With a spring fire season that has fired up early and hot in Western Canada, there is no time like today to start working on a fire prevention plan..."
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Recent peer-reviewed papers relevant to the latest news and opinion.
"...Smoke from wildfires contains many air pollutants of concern and epidemiological studies have identified associations between exposure to wildfire smoke PM2..."
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"...However, their ability to store and sequester carbon is uncertain due to combined and intermingling effects of anthropogenic activities and climate change, which impact wildfire regimes and vegetation dynamics..."
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"...In the southwestern United States, climate change and climate?fire dynamics are affecting the distribution of natural and managed ecosystems..."
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"...This carbon storage is vulnerable due to permafrost degradation and wildfire disturbances under ongoing and projected climate change..."
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"...Today wildfire is an important disturbance in many continental ecosystems, and it is assumed that with ongoing climate changes the frequencies and impacts of wildfires will increase in many regions..."
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"...The dataset is released in open access and is deemed to be useful for future wildfire evacuation modelling calibration and validation efforts..."
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"...In this paper, we convert excess mortality estimates due to increases in extreme weather from climate change (heat waves, cold waves, droughts, wildfires, river and coastal floods, and windstorms) into potential reductions in life expectancy at birth in thirty-one European countries..."
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"...Due to drastic alterations of soil properties and to the land surfaces by these fires, risks of flash floods, debris flows, and severe erosion increases for these areas, which can have catastrophic consequences for biota, people and property..."
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"...The study findings also indicate that floods had no significant effect on the firm?s profit, and wildfires had no significant impact on the forestry firms? profit..."
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