In recent years, Canada has faced severe weather events that are increasing in intensity and frequency due to climate change.
Flames and columns of toxic smoke rose thickly in Canada, after a fire broke out on the shores of Lake Ontario. Fires that broke out a while ago in eastern Canada, where Quebec also witnessed more than 100 fires, prompted the authorities to order the evacuation of more than 11,000 people on Friday.
The country is experiencing one of its worst springs on the frontline of the fires, which have affected almost every region and forced tens of thousands of people to flee in recent weeks.
Fires have destroyed more than 2.7 million hectares so far in 2023 in the country, eight times the average for the past 30 years, according to Canadian authorities. There are 214 active fires currently, 93 of which are not under control.
In Quebec, the authorities told residents not to go into the woods to reduce the risk of accidental fires, most of which are of human origin (from cigarettes or poorly extinguished camp fires).
But this was not enough, and the province faced the outbreak of many fires within hours, especially in areas near the Saint Laurent River, while it spread in other areas strongly during the night of Thursday to Friday.
Hundreds of firefighters from the United States, Mexico, South Africa and even Portugal have been called in to help put out the fires.
The authorities hope that rains and cooler weather, as expected at the weekend after the record heat wave, will ease the crisis.
Because of its geographical location, the temperature in Canada is rising faster than the rest of the planet. In recent years, it has faced severe weather phenomena that are increasing in intensity and frequency due to climate change.
