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PCS re-survey estimates $4.67 billion in insured damage from Fort McMurray wildfire
August 16, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterInsured losses arising from the Fort McMurray, Alberta wildfire are estimated at $4.67 billion, Verisk Analytics Inc.’s Property Claims Services said in a bulletin this week. The wildfire in May was the most expensive natural catastrophe in Canadian history, when…
Wildfire roars into California town, driving out thousands
August 15, 2016 The Associated PressLOWER LAKE, Calif. – A wildfire destroyed at least 10 homes and forced some 4,000 people to flee as flames jumped a road and moved into a Northern California town still recovering from a devastating wildfire nearly a year ago.…
More than 1,000 rescued in Louisiana floods; 2 dead
August 13, 2016 Bill Fuller, Melinda Deslatte and Michael Kunzelman - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW ORLEANS – National Guard soldiers and other officials in boats and helicopters plucked more than 1,000 people from their homes and cars as “unprecedented, historic” flooding swamped Louisiana, the governor said Saturday, warning that the slow-moving storm would dump…
Destructive California wildfire drives thousands from homes
July 25, 2016 Christopher Weber - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSANTA CLARITA, Calif. – An unpredictable wildfire that destroyed more than a dozen houses filled skies north of Los Angeles with smoke Monday after driving thousands from their homes. Some evacuees were about to return home Sunday when unexpected winds…
Manitoba wildfires force evacuation of more than 2,000 people
June 24, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe wildfire program of Manitoba Sustainable Development (MSD) said on Thursday that evacuation orders have been issued by the communities of Easterville and Chemawawin Cree Nation, 450 kilometres north of Winnipeg, due to smoke and threats from fires that have…
Returning Fort McMurray residents finding smelly refrigerators, dandelion lawns
June 1, 2016 Chris Purdy and Lauren Krugel - THE CANADIAN PRESSFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Residents returning to their homes in Fort McMurray are tackling stinking refrigerators and grass grown tall and infested with dandelions as the fire-scarred city slowly springs back to life. A steady stream of traffic is moving…
B.C. premier says climate change is sparking need for national forest fire plan
May 19, 2016 Bruce Cheadle - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – Climate change is leading to more wildfires and the country needs a national forest firefighting strategy, says B.C. Premier Christy Clark. While the country has been transfixed by the raging fires around Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, British…
Update puts buildings lost in Fort McMurray at 2,400, but 25,000 saved
May 9, 2016 By Lauren Krugel - THE CANADIAN PRESSEDMONTON – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the “ocean of fire” that hit Fort McMurray burned about 10 per cent of the buildings, but the hard work of firefighters saved the bulk of the city so it can be rebuilt.…
Officials say it could take months to extinguish massive Alberta blaze
May 7, 2016 By John Cotter - THE CANADIAN PRESSFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Fire officials are bracing themselves for a long, long fight against the blaze that forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray and has eaten up more than 1,500 square kilometres of northern Alberta forest. “Unless we have…
Crews scramble as Fort McMurray fire explodes in size, continues to threaten
May 5, 2016 By John Cotter – THE CANADIAN PRESSFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Crews fighting to save Fort McMurray from rampaging flames water bombed the city Thursday to try to keep away a wildfire so intense it has spawned its own weather. “It was creating its own high winds…
An estimated 90% of homes in Fort McMurray, Alta. neighbourhood lost in wildfire
May 4, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterAn estimated 90% of the homes in the Waterways neighbourhood of Fort McMurray, Alta. have been lost as a major wildfire continues to sweep through the town. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said in a media briefing on Wednesday…