it has been downright terrifying in british columbia. we drove up here to kamloops yesterday for our vacation and saw a plume of smoke, so big coming from linton all that distance from here in kamloops. and my son said to me, is there a volcano erupted over there? it was stunning, shocking, and certainly something we are not accustomed to here and what is largely temporal rain for us in the pacific northwest. the temperatures here in british columbia have been off the chart some 20 degrees warmer than what we're used to. as i said, very unnerving for residents in british columbia and canada, that matter is this ms into albert, our neighboring father watching some really extraordinary pictures of the fire and smoke from listen. what are you now seeing and hearing from authorities? i know there are also a number of other fires burning on the other side also not terribly far away from you. not far at all. there are some 99 fires that started in the last 24 hours alone in british columbia, our premier here john horgan address immediate day t

british columbia is badly hit with many fires caused by intense lightning storms.kovich, a climate change scientist from the university of british columbia. i asked whether she was surprised by the extreme wildfires affecting british columbia this year. it is certainly a surprise for anyone living through it but british columbia is like california, a system that is used to wildfires — they are natural here, however, with climate change we have made them much worse. they cover enormous areas now and the fire season certainly feels like it is starting earlier and earlier. it feels like it is starting earlier and earlier, what can be done? we will get into the wider issues in a little bit, but locally, more locally, what can be done to try and mitigate this? certainly, the services in british columbia are out — the military, the firefighters — doing what they can to put in fire breaks to stop fires. but most of the ignition sources in british columbia are natural, so there is no real way to reduce the number of fires we have in the materials to burn. given the heat wa

a small town in central british columbia. this week little broke canada's all time hottest temperature record 3 times. hitting nearly 50 degrees celsius on tuesday. local media are reporting that a couple in the 60s have died due to the fire. many others are missing a more than a 1000 people have evacuated their homes. the world heard about british columbia, which birds almost essentially to the ground. and there's been multiple fatality reported there and other people not accounted for. some people are happy to go 2 to 3 hours wages to get check in with emergency social services. so this is something that we've never seen before in this province or really in this country anywhere. more than 170 wildfires burning across british columbia and western all berta. that fuels by record breaking heat wave that in turn led to more than 700000 lightning strikes on wednesday and thursday, up tenfold from a year ago. health officials in british columbia say more than 700 deaths have been reported in the past week. nearly 3 times the usu

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more than 170 wildfires burning across british columbia and west and all berta. that fueled by record breaking heat wave, that in turn led to more than 700000 lightning strikes on wednesday and thursday, up tenfold from a year ago. health officials in british columbia say more than 700 deaths have been reported in the past week. nearly 3 times the usual number. the heat wave is also resulted in a rising death toll in the northwest and united states. most people don't think about heat as a killer, and it is, and we know that the numbers are fairly high. certainly the event we've seen, we're going to see excess deaths a lot more than we should have, because all of those deaths could have been prevented. so we have to raise awareness in oregon, governor kate brown has declared a state of emergency and in the city of portland, the fire department has banned the use of fireworks for the 4th of july weekend. canada's forest by season usually starts in late july, but with more warm weather forecast over the next few days. the military's on stand by to help evacuate more

people living and listen in british columbia have had abandoned their homes. it's not the center of a heat wave. after reaching $49.00 degrees celsius, the mass evacuation is also underway, and vintage is close to the philippine capital manila. after a volcano. this feud steam and gas, nearly $15000.00 people having moved to safe areas and small has also planned because as manila now unemployment in brazil, latin america's largest economy has been at record levels in the 3 months from february 14 point 8000000 of its $212000000.00 people were looking for what many in the country can't afford to pay rent anymore. teresa po reports, we want to please to live chant these people in religion ego. they were recently evicted from a 10 city india. we'll be tagging. hundreds of families had moved their last may, as they couldn't afford a place to live. but their stay didn't last long. police were sent in to enforce an eviction order of howards. nobody injured them. there are no armed people here. there are no drug addicts here. there are no traffickers were just homele

she's on vacation in kamloops and british columbia. that's just a few hours drive from linton. i can tell you that at best it has been unnerving and at worse it has been downright terrifying in british columbia. we drove up here to kamloops yesterday for our vacation and saw a plume of smoke. so big coming from linton all that distance from here in kamloops . and my son said to me, is there a volcano erupted over there? it was stunning, shocking, and certainly something we are not accustomed to here in what is largely temporal rain forest in the pacific northwest. the temperatures here in british columbia have been off the chart some 20 degrees warmer than what we're used to. as i said, very unnerving for resident across british columbia and canada, that matter is this ms into albert, our neighboring product. they are not par at all. there are some 99 fires that started in the last 24 hours alone in british columbia, our premier here john horgan address immediate today to try and calm nerves. it was just 2 days ago that the state of emergency that had perpetually been react ove

this was the scene in british columbia. those sparked by lightning strikes thanks to the record heat wave we've seen there recently. and those hot dry conditions are expected to fuel the frames, but temperatures have come down slightly. that heat has pushed into more central areas. the canadian plain seeing temperatures continuing to climb, as well as the northern plains of the u. s. and the midwest states. we've seen records broken across north dakota and montana, and those temperatures are expected to continue to climb. the heat is going to build now across the north east coast. things have cooled slightly with the arrival of storms and those showers. those are expected to continue through sunday, but come monday those temperatures will climb again. new york edging opt me a 30 degrees celsius. 33 degrees in washington for the wet weather, we have to go to the deep south severe storms expected in texas, and those states around the gulf of mexico and florida could see some very wet and windy weather with the arrival of hurr

the temperature is here in british columbia. have been off the chart some 20 degrees warmer than what we're used to, as i said, very unnerving for resident across british columbia and canada, that matter is this move into albert, our neighboring product. not far at all. there are some 99 fires. started in the last 24 hours alone in british columbia, our premier here, john horgan address the media today to try and calm nerves. it was just the 2 days ago about the state of emergency that had perpetually been react over the course of the coven. 1900 pandemic that came to an end and now were facing perhaps another state of emergency. this time one associated with wildfire. there is another fire. i just, north west of kamloops and the lake behind me. this is the clearest, has been all day. it has been almost a wall of smoke. it is affecting the weather. we're watching the sunset here and it is a very red sky. california is also being effected by the heat wave crews and the northern parts of the state are battling to wildfires, air an

how long did people have to be worried for in british columbia? behind me we, we live amongst the forest, a lot of community are built very close to heavy 4th basin. and unfortunately, this is just the beginning of our traditional wildfire these and usually the season severity depends on the weather, leading out to it. in the month of june, and in the month of june, the entire south coast, the british columbia and the interior had little rains and record high temperatures . but give me an idea. the village of lit, which had been in the headlines because of the tragedy. and the fire a week before the fire, only days before the fire really was making national headlines for breaking temperature records all time. canadian temperature records the day before the fire linton be registered. a temperature of 49.6 degrees celsius, which is the hottest canada has ever been. we've seen and incredible incredible temperatures and devastating pictures we're looking at. thank you so much for your reporting from the ground. you met a guy. he thanks so much and it'

how long do people have to be worried for in british columbia? behind me we, we live amongst the for a lot of community are built very close to heavy for a station. and unfortunately this is just the beginning of our traditional wild fire season. and usually the season severity depends on the weather, leading out to it in the month of june. and in the month of june, the entire south coast, the british columbia and the interior had little rain and record high temperatures . that give me an idea. the village of lit, which had been in the headlines because of the tragedy and the fire a week before the fire, only days before the fire really was making national headlines for breaking temperature records all time. canadian temperature records the day before the fire linton be registered a temperature of 49.6 degrees celsius, which is the hottest canada has ever been. we've seen that and incredible incredible temperatures and devastating pictures we're looking at. thank you so much for your reporting from the ground. he met a guy he, thanks so much. in

the british columbia agriculture industry depends largely on the regions mob climate that is changing, bombing families who will thrive for generations, and not worried about the future. that used to be alive. no, there's nothing. most of the muscles around here now are all gone. mike lambs, you see the san dollars off for all dead. the mass times illustrates the impact of climate change here and now the climate ologist have concluded. it's virtually impossible the scorching temperatures could have occurred without global warming. we knew the heat might have been bad, but we were expecting to see what we saw, or what we are seeing. and western candidates, recent record breaking, have maybe a harbinger of things to come, threatening a way of life out here in the base of british columbia. aysa beijing on one of the last survivors of the outfits death camp has died at the age of 96. after losing her entire family in the holocaust, she devoted the rest of her life to fighting anti semitism and racism. she passed away peacefully in her sleep and a hambrick hospital. german president grandf

the british columbia agriculture industry depends largely on the regions, mog climate that is changing. bombing families who are thrive for generations, and not worried about the future. that used to be alive. now there's nothing motional muscles around here now are all gone. my clams, you see the sand dollars and stuff for all dead. the mass time illustrates the impact of climate change here and now the climate ologist have concluded. it's virtually impossible the scorching temperatures could have occurred without global warming. we knew the heat might have been bad, but we were expecting to see what we saw or what we are seeing. and west and canada's recent record breaking have maybe a hobby, jo, things to come, threatening a way of life out here in the base of british columbia. some sports news now and origin tina had beaten arch rivals brazil, one neil to win the cooper america. the final in rio and hell demo via score the mattress, only goal with a chip. over goalie, edison rises, head fans streamed out into the streets of argentine as capital bonus aries to celebrate the victory.

it's hard a wildfire country and this time of year in british columbia and canada. but what we're seeing right now are conditions that we have right now. thousands of people are weighted as we know, as, as you know, most of the town about 90 percent hold burned to the ground. if i are starting wednesday night, then gusting wind tender, dry conditions force it to just take off. and as you know, we have confirmed that there are at least 2 holidays from that and there is concern and worry that there is more to come in kamloops within the city limits. there is also a significant fire to go. and as you mentioned, there is more than 170 across the province, 175. at this moment we're speaking active wildfires and british columbia as ristocki smoke outside and heat continues. alright, scientists worry that wildfire like these could be the new normal. what are people telling you that they'd like to see from the government to prevent this from happening in the future? in immediate term, people are looking for a state of emergency. shockingly, we don't have to state of emergen

at this moment for speaking active wildfires and british columbia as we're starting with smoke outside and heat continues. alright, scientists worry that wildfire like these could be the new normal. what are people telling you that they'd like to see from the government to prevent this from happening in the future? intermediate term people are looking for a scene of emergency. shockingly, we don't have the state of emergency right now in the past 7 days before today, though, more than 700 people die from this extreme heat because we've been breaking the heat records when the day before that catastrophic fire broke out of the all time heat record in almost 50 degrees celsius and that no place in canada has gotten that. so in the short term, a lot of people in this area are surprised that there is no provincial state of emergency. although we do know that there are resources coming from the federal government with the military, even the united states sending fire fighting personnel. and i think in the long term, a lot of people want changes to legislation to try and prevent some of the a

how long do people have to be worried for in british columbia? behind me we, we live among the forest, a lot of community are built very close to heavy for a station. and unfortunately, this is just the beginning of our traditional wildfire season. and usually the season buried depends on the weather leading out to it in the month of june. and in the month of june, the entire south coast of british columbia and the interior had little rains and record high temperatures. give me an idea. the village of lit, which had been in the headlines because of the tragedy and the fire a week before the fire, only days before the fire really was making national headlines for breaking temperature records all time. canadian temperature records the day before the fire, linton b. c. registered a temperature of 49.6 degrees celsius, which is the hottest canada has ever been. we've seen that and incredible, incredible temperatures and devastating pictures we're looking at. thank you so much for your reporting from the ground. he met a guy he, thanks so much. in jap

the latest one was on one's day 182 bodies founded cranbrook british columbia. this is close to a residential school. they use basically a radar that looks underground. and that's where they found these people in unmarked graves that adds to the initial finding, which happen on may 27th and can loops british columbia at another residential school of $215.00 people, as young as 3 years old in mon, mar, grace, and then of course the scotch on which was the biggest find so far, 751 people. so you add all these numbers up over a 1000 people found but we have over 130 schools like this across canada. ah, you learn not trying. you just get harder and yeah, you learn to shut down every day was you were in constant fear that your hope was that it wasn't you today that was going to be the target, the victim. the program started in the late 18 hundreds and lasted all the way up to 1996. when the last school was close, that 150000 native children ripped out of their families, arms and put into these schools. they were forced to go to the schools, the royal canadian mounted

this is not a british columbia problem. it's not a candidate problem. it is a global challenge, and we all need to have citizens of the world coming together as we have quite frankly, to address a global pandemic. there is a lot of uncertainty in the data covering the frequency of heat waves as the phenomenon was so extreme. but something the scientific community does agree on is that climate change played a big role of was joined by data environment reporter and our engine. thanks so much for coming in. and this is an unprecedented heat wave in the pacific northwest . it was unrelated thing. i mean, so many destiny, 500 hate related tests in british columbia alone put in putting that into perspective. that's more than covert, for instance, in the same area is the gravity of this situation sort of thinking in. yes, i mean, it completely dispels a mess. the climate change of something happening in the future for our grandchildren or something that happened very far away and kind of poor countries. and this is the usa and scientist telling us that the dev

people living and listen in british columbia had to abandon their homes. the men says 90 percent of the video just destroyed. he also says it took 15 minutes just 15 minutes for the flame to overwhelm what time to about 250 people. listen is at the center of a heat wave reaching a temperature of 49.6 degrees celsius this week. well, i'm now joined by nicole craig. she is a resident of victoria and british columbia. nicole, how are you doing over that? well, things are cooling down here, so we are happy about that. that's for sure. i that what's it been like over the last week? how have you and your family been getting through it? all? lots of water, lots of standing in front of our fans because the majority of homes here don't have air conditioning. and if you were able to get a portable one, you are very lucky. but most people just out with fans and cold towels around their neck and lots of cool drinks. i understanding they're not something that we could do stories. very tough. i bet i understand that you've also been speaking to some of your neighbors an

just tell us about the situation in british columbia and the areas that are worse affected. yeah, thank you. it's very, very dire right now. we're talking about close to 200 wildfires, bringing in this province that we speak right now. we've had lightening and recent days, human activity has caused that many more of those fires where i am and cameras. there's several significant, very large scale control buyers that are burning outside of the city limits. and in the past 4 days or so, as we're speaking more than 75000 years are or in the low from the devastating wildfires the world is heard about british columbia, which birds almost essentially to the ground. and there's been multiple fatality reported there, and other people not accounted for that. the county british columbia that on tuesday reported the warmest temperature ever in canada were in mired in a historic never before the wave. it was just under 50 degrees celsius in britain on tuesday before that devastating wildfire for the community on wednesday night. and so many people you mentioned thousands evacuated right

hundreds of residents have been told to leave the town in british columbia which set a new canadian recordas affected many areas of western area of north america has raised new questions about how to mitigate climate change. we can speak now to the meteorologist who joins us from sanjose. thank you forjoining us. this is your bread and butter, you do this day in day out. how worried are you by what you are seeing? worried are you by what you are seeinu ? .,. . seeing? the pacific northwest standards. — seeing? the pacific northwest standards, this _ seeing? the pacific northwest standards, this was _ seeing? the pacific northwest standards, this was off - seeing? the pacific northwest standards, this was off the - standards, this was off the charts. all—time record highs, and give you a reference, seattle and portlandwhether it is more common to what you experience in london, mild temperatures, arena times, but what we saw were these desert like temperatures, seattle over 42 celsius, and to give you some context here, the city of seattle in western washington, they have had only three days

now, 2 weeks ago, the canadian province of british columbia registered all time record temperatures. hundreds of people died in connection with the extreme heat and the impact on ecosystems was devastating fine to say up a 1000000000 shellfish may have perished. the values like days in western canada and normally ideal for shellfish, they thrive in the secluded, neutral rich waters. but muscles and clans don't do well in extreme hate. and the regions, recent heat wide, has literally cooked them alive. never smelled like this. never smelled like this before. the british columbia agriculture industry depends largely on the regions mom climate that is changing. bombing families who are thrive, teeth generations, and are worried about the future. this used to be alive. now there's nothing. most of the muscles around here now are all gone. my clams, you see the sand dollars off for all dead. the mass times illustrate the impact of climate change here and now the climate ologist have concluded. it's virtually impossible the scorching temperatures could have occurred with that global warmin

how long do people have to be worried for in british columbia? behind me we live amongst the forest. a lot of community are built very close to heavy force base and and unfortunately this is just the beginning of our traditional wild fire season. and usually the season very depends on the weather, leading up to it in the month of june. and in the month of june, the entire south coast of british columbia in the interior, had little rain and record high temperatures that give you an idea. the village of litany which had been in the headlines because of the tragedy and the fire. a week before the fire, only days before the fire really was making national headlines for breaking temperature records all time. canadian temperature records the day before the fire linton be registered a temperature of 49.6 degrees celsius, which is the hottest canada has ever been. we've seen and incredible incredible temperatures and devastating pictures we're looking at. thank you so much for your reporting from the ground. you met a guy he, thanks so much. let's take a

and meanwhile, the canadian province of british columbia has been registering record temperatures . the impact on ecosystems is devastating. scientists say up to a 1000000000 shellfish may have perished, thighs like days in western canada and normally ideal for shellfish, they thrive in the secluded nutrient rich waters. but muscles and clans don't do well in extreme hate. and the regions, recent heat wide, has literally cooked them alive. never smelled like this. never smelled like this before. the british columbia agriculture industry depends largely on the regions. mog climate that is changing. bombing families who thrive teeth for generations, and not worried about the future. this, that used to be alive. now there's nothing, most of the muscles around here now are all gone. my clams, you see the sand dollars off for all dead. the mass times illustrates the impact of climate change here and now the climate ologist have concluded. it's virtually impossible the scorching temperatures could have occurred. with that global warming . we knew that heat might have been bad, but we were

delayed the rollout. canada's military is preparing for evacuations as while was spread across british columbia. while the $100.00 pfizer burning is a record breaking heat wave grips the province. around a 1000 people have fled the homes. the imprisonment of former south african present jacob zima has been delayed to the constitutional court agreed to here is challenge . to 15 month jail sentence he received last week, the mrs. asked the court overturned the ruling, saying that he could be exposed to cove at 19, in prison. israeli defense the visuals of confirmed because a ship has been attacked in the northern indian ocean. the vessel was on its way from j dot to send in saudi arabia to the united arab emirates. the source of the attack is still unclear and no one has yet claimed responsibility. search and rescue crews in japan, looking for 20 people missing after a month. slides from the coastal city of autonomy, southwest of t o k, at least 2 people and they have died. it said that could be more heavy rainfall to come and thousands of joy nationwide protests in between offensive against ongo

breaking heat wave is fueling the blazes rescuers and now searching for missing people in little british columbia. at least $1000.00 people have fled the town, which was almost entirely wiped out. for many, it was a chaotic escape with just minutes despair. residents of legion escape through thick smoke und dash, the fire front moved so quickly. they had almost no warning before the town was engulfed in flames. right, so it looks like the fire went out over them and it's about to get everyone that stuck on that side of me. and i just thought we could see the house literally in fire. i thought was leaving, and i didn't even have time to go on to the door. the blaze ignited a day after the towns swell to through almost 50 degrees celsius. breaking candidate temperature record. emergency workers is searching for missing residents . as the smouldering town remains unsafe to enter. today, our thoughts are mostly with families that are grieving that are facing terrible loss. but of course, we also have to reflect on the fact that extreme weather events are getting more frequent. climate change has a si