Tag: Yellowknife
“We encourage people to leave now”: in Canada, the city of Yellowknife evacuated in the face of megafires
Alexandre Lepoutre with AFP / Photo credit: SYLVIA WEBSTER / UGC / AFP 07:48, August 18, 2023 Thousands of people living in Canada’s Far North rushed en masse to the…
Megafires in Canada: evacuations continue in the city of Yellowknife
Alexandre Lepoutre / Photo credit: BC WILDFIRE SERVICE / ANADOLU AGENCY / ANADOLU AGENCY VIA AFP 10:12 a.m., August 19, 2023 Hundreds of active megafires continue to ravage Canada. In…
Canada: Yellowknife, largest city in northern Canada, evacuated due to forest fires
Chloé Lagadou with AFP // Photo credit: AFP PHOTO / BC Wildfire Service 12:53 p.m., August 17, 2023 Residents of Yellowknife, one of the major cities in Canada’s Far North,…