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‘Marathon in a sauna’: emergency projects aim to help B.C. salmon through drought
British Columbia's prolonged provincewide drought risks damaging the salmon population for generations and has led to a series of emergency, rapidly-deployed projects to try to intervene. Spawning salmon, are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C.’s drought woes could be helped by monitoring and raising cost of water for companies, critics say
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, B.C., Monday, June 5, 2023. Climate experts say this summer of fires, floods and drought is far beyond the normal swings of Canadian weather. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. bracing for another heat wave as wildfires, drought continue across the province
Wildfire crews across British Columbia are keeping a close eye on the backcountry after recent lightning storms have raised the potential for smouldering fires to erupt as the next hot spell arrives this weekend. A firefighter directs water on a grass fire in Kamloops, B.C., Monday, June 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Western Canada: B.C. farmers dealing with severe drought ponder ways to cope
This July 27, 2023, aerial image from the British Columbia Wildfire Service, shows smoke from the the Ross Moore wildfire south of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Handout / BC Wildfire Service / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BC Wildfire Service / Handout" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/BC Wildfire Service/AFP via Getty Images)
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B.C. towns, farmers dealing with severe drought finding ways to cope as record heat persists
This July 24, 2023, handout image released by the British Columbia Wildfire Service, shows an aerial view of the Horsethief Creek wildfire, approximately 10kms (6.2 miles) west of Invermere, British Columbia, Canada. The wildfires, the largest ever recorded in Canada, have raged for two months, darkening Canadian and US skies with smoke and haze. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre reports about 1,090 active fires blaze throughout Canada, more than 670 of which are considered "out of control." (Photo by Handout / BC Wildfire Service / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BC Wildfire Service / Handout" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/BC Wildfire Service/AFP via Getty Images)
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B.C. looks to U.S. for hay, livestock feed as drought limits supply
This July 24, 2023, handout image released by the British Columbia Wildfire Service, shows an aerial view of the Horsethief Creek wildfire, approximately 10kms (6.2 miles) west of Invermere, British Columbia, Canada. The wildfires, the largest ever recorded in Canada, have raged for two months, darkening Canadian and US skies with smoke and haze. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre reports about 1,090 active fires blaze throughout Canada, more than 670 of which are considered "out of control." (Photo by Handout / BC Wildfire Service / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / BC Wildfire Service / Handout" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/BC Wildfire Service/AFP via Getty Images)
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Saskatchewan crop farmers asked to help their ranching neighbours as drought continues
Cattle roam in a field near Pigeon Lake, Alta., on May 1, 2022. Saskatchewan farmers forced to write off their drought-afflicted crops are being asked to consider ways to turn those crops into cattle feed instead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Globe Climate: Cowboys confront the threat of climate change
Jaxon Griffith, left and Cohen Earnest watch the cattle take a rest during a cattle drive in Mitchell, Ore. on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Amanda Lucier/The Globe and Mail
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First Nation loses homes in wildfire near Cranbrook, B.C., Eby says
The St. Mary's wildfire is shown in this handout image provided by the B.C. Wildfire Service. British Columbia premier David Eby says a First Nation near Cranbrook, B.C., has lost homes on its reserve to a wildfire. The BC Wildfire Service says the St. Mary's River fire is eight square kilometres in size and is out of control. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Western Canada: As B.C. marks record wildfire season, the rest of summer set to be extremely challenging
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, B.C., Monday, June 5, 2023. Firefighters battling British Columbia's hundreds of wildfires have had more obstacles to deal with beyond the record-sized blazes. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. marks record wildfire season as officials call for water conservation measures
A firefighter with the BC Wildfire Service patrols an area of fire line, checking for and flagging dangerous trees, as wildfire outside Vanderhoof continues, British Columbia, Canada July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Jesse Winter
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Wildfires in B.C. rage as weather stays hot and dry
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B.C. Premier says ‘long days ahead’ as wildfire evacuation orders climb
Flames from the Donnie Creek wildfire burn along a ridge top north of Fort St. John, B.C. on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Evacuation orders and alerts have expanded near several wildfires in British Columbia as communities try to keep residents safe while the BC Wildfire Service battles an increasing number of fires. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Noah Berger
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B.C. warns of summer drought, asks people to conserve water
A drought struck grand fir tree is seen on a Tree Farm in the Cowichan Valley area of Duncan, B.C., Saturday, July 31, 2021. The British Columbia government is urging people to conserve water, saying the forecast points to drought across much of the province this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Western Canada: This year’s fire season prompts dread over what’s to come
Smoke rises from Cameron Bluffs wildfire on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, June 9, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. BC Wildfire Service via Facebook/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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Excessive heat from climate change is key factor in Horn of Africa drought, scientists find
TOPSHOT - A pastoralist walks with a camel carrying his goods in an area 30 kilometres from the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on January 13, 2023. - The last five rainy seasons since the end of 2020 have failed, triggering the worst drought in four decades in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. And the next rainy season, from March to May, is also expected to be below average. According to the UN, drought has plunged 12 million people into "acute food insecurity" in Ethiopia alone, where a deadly conflict has also ravaged the north of the country. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Prairie farmers hope for ‘normal’ season after volatile couple of years
A farmer harvests her hay on a farm near Cremona, Alta., Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. Livestock producers in Saskatchewan facing hot, dry conditions this growing season and a feed shortage have another problem to contend with -- hay fraud. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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UN calls for massive international support to Somalia
UN Sec General, Antonio Guterres, left with Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, right, in Mogadishu Tuesday April 11, 2023. U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive international support” for Somalia as he visited the East African country that is facing the worst drought in decades. (AP Photo)
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Heavy rains arrive in drought-stricken Somalia, flooding homes of thousands on the brink of famine
Somali refugees put water containers for the water distribution by French charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the Dadaab refugee camp, one of Africa's largest refugee camps in Kenya, on March 23, 2023. - Between 400 and 500 people arrive at Dadaab every day, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, mostly driven from Somalia after five consecutive seasons of failed rains. The World Health Organization says this drought, already the worst in 40 years, could result in the deaths of 135 people in Somalia every day between January and June this year. (Photo by Bobb Muriithi / AFP) (Photo by BOBB MURIITHI/AFP via Getty Images)
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The personal is political: Photojournalist Amber Bracken offers inside look at World Press Photo’s winning shots
Caption: Alfredo, Ubaldo, and José tend beehives near Wenden in the Arizona desert, United States, on 11 March 2022. Story: A substantial decrease in flow of the Colorado River, caused by lack of rain and increasing demand for water upstream, now requires these workers to provide water for the bees in troughs. Heat and drought weakens bees, making them more susceptible to pathogens and parasites, and impacts the plants from which they feed. Between 2019 and 2020, colonies of bees – vital for pollinating crops – declined by 43.7 percent across the US. The jury felt this understated portrait invites reflection on an environmental issue that resonates at a global level. 066_North and Central America_Singles_Jonas Kako_ Panos Pictures Afredo Fierro (links, Eagle Eye Honey) und seine Mitarbeiter Ubaldo und José, während der Pflege von Bienen in der Wüste von Arizona bei Wenden. Seit mehreren Jahren müssen die Männer Wasser für die Bienen in Tränken bereitstellen, da die Völker sonst nicht überleben können, seitdem es immer weniger Regenfall gibt. 11.03.2022, Wenden Arizona
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Intensity of global floods and droughts has ‘sharply’ risen over past 20 years, study says
FILE - People walk by cracked earth in an area once under the water of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Jan. 27, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday, March 13, 2023, in the journal Nature Water. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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Italy faces new drought alert as famous Venice canals run dry
Boats are pictured in a canal during a severe low tide in the lagoon city of Venice, Italy, February 17, 202. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
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Preparing for ‘Firmageddon,’ researchers watch B.C.’s forests for die-offs and droughts
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Series of drenching California storms put dent in drought
A cyclist tries to keep the rain at bay while pedaling on River Street in Santa Cruz, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
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California storm causes several deaths, severe flooding and brings bounty of snow to drought-stricken parts of the state
San Diego firefighters help Humberto Maciel rescue his dog from his flooded home in Merced, California, on January 10, 2023. - Relentless storms were ravaging California again Tuesday, the latest bout of extreme weather that has left 14 people dead. Fierce storms caused flash flooding, closed key highways, toppled trees and swept away drivers and passengers -- reportedly including a five-year-old-boy who remains missing in central California. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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‘The brink of famine’: Drought puts an entire generation of Somalis at risk
Hanu Ibrahim (38), holds her daughter Anisu Ebow in Trocare Satiation Center in Dolow, December 11, 2022.
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California gets brief lull after damaging ‘bomb cyclone’
Homes near Rio Del Mar beach are flooded from a rainstorm in Aptos, Cali., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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Evacuations ordered as California storm knocks out power
A power pole crew works to free a power line after a tree fell on it during a recent storm in Wilton, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Bands of rain swept across California on Wednesday as the state braced for another powerful storm, which forecasters said would bring more flooding, landslides and damaging winds just days after another “atmospheric river” drenched the West Coast. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
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Climate change affecting Christmas trees in B.C. and beyond, expert says
A parcel of land on the Sahtlam Tree Farm is seen, in the Cowichan Valley area of Duncan, B.C., on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms in British Columbia and beyond, and one forestry expert says the sector that's already shrinking will need to adapt in the coming years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Drought state of emergency lifted for B.C.’s Sunshine Coast, water restrictions stay
A view of Howe Sound from the top of Soames Hill on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, is seen near the town of Grantham's Landing, B.C., on May 23, 2016. Regional politicians on the Sunshine Coast have approved another extension of the state of local emergency declared last month as an intense summer drought and little rain in early fall have nearly exhausted a key watershed.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lauren Krugel
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Heavy rain, snow, ease drought in some B.C. areas as forecasters watch rising rivers
A pedestrian carries an umbrella as light rain falls in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, October 21, 2022. The first showers since September began falling in parts of Metro Vancouver before dawn, but officials in many coastal communities doubt a series of incoming weather systems will relieve the drought gripping parts of British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Atmospheric river forecast in B.C. days after high temperature records, drought concerns
Pedestrians carry umbrellas as light rain falls in Surrey, B.C., on Friday, October 21, 2022. The first showers since September began falling in parts of Metro Vancouver before dawn, but officials in many coastal communities doubt a series of incoming weather systems will relieve the drought gripping parts of British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck