Canada’s wildfire season is off to an ‘unprecedented’ start. Here’s what it could mean for the US
Canada’s wildfire season is off to an ‘unprecedented’ start. Here’s what it could mean for the US
Raging wildfires in Canada have already scorched about 15 times the normal burned area for this time of the year: nearly 11 million acres — more than double the size of New Jersey — with more than 2 million acres concentrated in Quebec alone.
Canada’s fire season is only just beginning, and officials there warned this week it would continue to be severe through the summer. If it follows the pattern of a normal year, it will peak in the hotter months of July and August.
But this is anything but a normal year.
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