Forest Fire (8426 ha) in Canada 03 Jun 2023

Event summary

This forest fire can have a low humanitarian impact based on the and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID WF 1014608
Countries: Canada
Start Date - Last detection*: 03 Jun 2023 - 07 Jun 2023
Duration (days): 4
People affected: 0 in the burned area
Burned area: 8426 ha
More Info: Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Articles: 1057 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 5

Severe thunderstorm, smog warnings in effect for Montreal2023-06-17T00:06+0200.

Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Montreal just as a heavy downpour began to soak parts of the city. The weather agency said it is tracking "a dangerous thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts, pea
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Poor Forest Management to Blame for Canada’s Wildfires, Not Climate Ch ... 2023-06-16T22:59+0200.

Commentary. As North America suffers from Canada’s out-of-control forest fires, the Canadian government shuns responsibility. Instead of acknowledging its failure to follow tried-and-true forest-management procedures, the government instead
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Air quality statements remain in place over portion of northwest due t ... 2023-06-16T22:40+0200.

Wildfires burning in northwestern Ontario have once again prompted Environment Canada to issue special air quality statements. The statements are in effect for several parts of the region, including: Sioux Lookout; Red Lake; Ear Falls; Pika
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Northern Europe in turn faced with drought2023-06-16T22:31+0200.

Sergei Gapon Agence France-Presse According to the European service Copernicus, 89.5% of Danish territory was in a state of drought at the end of May. “I need water”. At the edge of his field, where the only shadow is that of the wind turbi
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (27), WMO (1), INFORM (2), JRC (1),