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. . Environment Canada's Dave Phillips discusses the record wildfires in Canada and what made it the number 1 weather story of 2023.

. With fall in full swing and hundreds of wildfires still burning in Canada during a record-breaking fire season, a B.C.-based company is taking a unique approach to extinguishing those flame

. Calls are growing for a public inquiry into the response to this summer's wildfires in Northwest Territories. About 70 per cent of the population was forced to evacuate, and some now say they were never properly warned of the danger.

. After a record-breaking wildfire season in 2023, land double the size of Portugal has been burnt in Canada throughout the year, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC). At 18.5 million hectares (46 million acres), that’s about five per cent of the country’s entire forests.

. For Canadian wildfire firefighters, the danger doesn't always end once the blazes are under control. Many end up suffering from long-term illnesses as a result of their work and can struggle to get compensation depending on where in the country they live.

. In the Canadian Rockies, intense heat and a devastating wave of droughts have sparked a historic glacial melt at the Athabasca glacier.

. Wildfire officer James Bergen with B.C.’s Wildfire Service walks us through some of the techniques firefighters use to prevent, fight and contain wildfires ? smoke jumping, water bombing, hand guards and hand ignitions

. It is a race against time in Morocco. Rescuers are scrambling to save people trapped underneath rubble following Friday’s rare and devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake. And as people sift through debris, often with their bare hands, aftershocks continue to rattle the region. The scale of the damage is overwhelming and the

. Drone footage showed the devastating aftermath of torrential rain caused by Storm Daniel that flooded homes, destroyed buildings and submerged cars in central Greece on Wednesday.

. Residents of Roca Sales in southern Brazil were taking stock of the damage to their homes and belongings on Thursday, after a powerful cyclone hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

. The Peyto Glacier in Banff National Park is one of the longest-studied glaciers in the world and has been deteriorating since about the year 2000. Researchers say the extent of the loss has recently accelerated, with hot weather and fires accelerating the glacier's death.