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BBCFirst images of Jasper after 100m high wildfire hit
The fierce wildfire in the Canadian town of Jasper melted cars to the road and turned homes to ash.
- The Weather Network - Video
This typhoon could alter your weather to start August
Typhoon Gaemi is on track to move into the jetstream, impacting our weather here in Canada as we head into the first week of August.More details with Meteorologist Melinda Singh.
- Global News
Jasper damage map released after park’s largest wildfire in century
After a massive wildfire ripped through Jasper, Alta., the devastation and despair in the historic town is extensive. 30 per cent of the town has been destroyed, though all critical infrastructure — including the town's hospital, library, and firehall — have been saved. Crews battling hotspots in the UNESCO world heritage site are hoping cooler temperatures and rain will help them gain the upper hand. Jayme Doll reports on the active situation from Hinton, Alta., where many locals have sought shelter.
- BBC
'Monster' fires may have destroyed half of historic Canadian town
The blazes are still out of control as firefighters try to save as many buildings as possible.
- The Weather Network
Storm threat continues overnight for Winnipeg, northwest Ontario
Look out for a continuing risk for strong to severe thunderstorms through the overnight hours in southern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario
- The Weather Network
Typhoon set to bring a warm start to August for parts of Canada
We could see above-seasonal temperatures to start August thanks to a typhoon in the western Pacific
- The Canadian Press
Firefighters helped by cooler weather battle blaze that has scorched area size of Los Angeles
FOREST RANCH, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters battling a wildfire in Northern California received some help from the weather Saturday hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles. The blaze was one of several tearing through the western United States and Canada, fueled by wind and heat.
- USA TODAY
'Nightmare': Wildfires burn one of most beautiful places in the world
Fires in the Canadian Rockies burned through the popular tourist town of Jasper and damaged parts of Jasper National Park.
- The Canadian Press
California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West
California's largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scrambled to meet the danger.
- The Canadian Press
Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It's come at a cost for Black people in the South
GLOSTER, Miss. (AP) — This southern Mississippi town's expansive wood pellet plant was so close to Shelia Mae Dobbins' home that she sometimes heard company loudspeakers. She says industrial residues coated her truck and she no longer enjoys spending time in the air outdoors.
- The Weather Network - Video
Severe Weather Update for Ontario and Manitoba
Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for NW ON. Two rounds of storms will develop today across SE Manitoba and NW ON which will bring large hail, strong winds, and even a tornado or two. Details with Meteorologist Dylan Kikuta
- USA TODAY
National Hurricane Center tracking 'area of disturbed weather' in the central Atlantic
The National Hurricane Center is tracking an 'area of disturbed weather' in the central Atlantic but don't expect it to survive Saharan dust.
- Reuters
California wildfire explodes, becomes largest in US
(Reuters) -Thousands of firefighters were battling a rapidly growing wildfire in northern California on Saturday after the blaze more than doubled in size in a 24-hour span. The Park Fire had burned more than 350,000 acres (141,640 hectares) about 90 miles (144 km) north of the state capital city of Sacramento as of Saturday evening, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. U.S. President Joe Biden has been briefed on the fire and has directed his team to do everything possible to support efforts to fight it, a White House official said.
- Belleville News-Democrat
‘Lucky one to get close’: Marion police officer describes encounter with black bear
“Once it saw me, it knew it wasn’t going to go in my direction,” officer says.
- Business Insider
Scientists are closer than ever to deciphering the secret language of sperm whales. AI could be the key.
Researchers at project CETI are harnessing the power of AI to decode whale-speak.
- The Canadian Press
Fires in the West are becoming ever bigger, consuming. Why and what can be done?
Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada, experts say.
- WDSU - New Orleans
Scattered storms this weekend and a look at possible development in the tropics
Meteorologist Devon Lucie tracks the storms out responsible for flood alerts Friday Evening, then goes immediately to the tropics where there is a low chance of tropical development in the Atlantic to the North Caribbean by next week and shows who is in the area for the most concerns for keeping track of the system at this time, then times out when storms are likeliest for you this weekend and what that will mean for temperatures.
- Reuters
Glacial flood causes road to give way in southern Iceland
A glacial flood in southern Iceland inundated a ring road on Saturday, causing a section at one end of the nearby bridge to give way and tear apart, the country's meteorological office said in a statement. "It is clear that it is an unusually large flood," the Met Office said. The road stretching from the coastal town of Vik south of the Myrdalsjokull glacier to the town of Kirkjubaejarklaustur, some 70 kilometres (43.5 miles) further east, was closed due to the flood, according to the Icelandic Road Administration's website.
- Associated Press
More than 350 structures were destroyed by Jasper wildfire in the Canadian Rockies, officials say
A wildfire in Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies this week destroyed more than 350 structures but all of the critical infrastructure is intact, officials said Friday. Parks Canada said out of a total of 1,113 structures within the town, 358 have been destroyed. Mayor Richard Ireland said all of the critical infrastructure has been saved.
- The Olympian
Update: Missing firefighting pilot found dead at Eastern OR plane crash site
“A tragic example of the risks that all firefighters take every day ...,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, R-Ore.