521440 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/western-canada-lightning-strikes-up-tenfold-stoking-fires-2021-07-02/VANCOUVER, July 2 (Reuters) - Lightning strikes in Western Canada over the past two days soared nearly tenfold from the same time a year ago, triggered in part by a record-breaking heat wave, meteorologists said, warning of more strikes over the weekend that could further stoke forest fires fanned by high winds.Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:39:00 +0200reuters-uk-3bb4ab473b052de9024112c3709051f020210703233900https://www.dw.com/en/canada-firefighters-battle-170-wildfires-amid-heat-wave/a-58149794?maca=en-rss_top_news-13961-xml-mrssOver 170 wildfires were raging in the western Canadian province of British Colombia (BC) on Saturday, as the region experiences a record heat wave. The Canadian military was put on standby to help fight the blazes and evacuate citizens from affected towns. Many of the fires were caused by lightning strikes.Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:27:00 +0200deutschewelle-uk-ca35fb85cb58e3ebf683c8dcf765209c20210703232700https://www.dw.com/en/canada-firefighters-battle-170-wildfires-amid-heat-wave/a-58149794?maca=en-rss_top_news-13961-xml-mrssOver 170 wildfires were raging in the western Canadian province of British Colombia (BC) on Saturday, as the region experiences a record heat wave. The Canadian military was put on standby to help fight the blazes and evacuate citizens from affected towns. Many of the fires were caused by lightning strikes.Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:16:00 +0200deutschewelle-fr-ca35fb85cb58e3ebf683c8dcf765209c20210703231600https://www.dw.com/en/canada-firefighters-battle-170-wildfires-amid-heat-wave/a-58149794?maca=en-rss_top_news-13961-xml-mrssOver 170 wildfires were raging in the western Canadian province of British Colombia (BC) on Saturday, as the region experiences a record heat wave. The Canadian military was put on standby to help fight the blazes and evacuate citizens from affected towns. Many of the fires were caused by lightning strikes.Sat, 03 Jul 2021 23:16:00 +0200deutschewelle-hi-ca35fb85cb58e3ebf683c8dcf765209c20210703231600