Alberta Wildfire
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- Created on: 04-06-18 09:35
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- Alberta Wildfire
- When, where, why?
- 1st May 2016
- Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
- First few day of May: temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius.
- Fire created its own weather pattern-> lightning->ignition of more fires (positive feedback loop.)
- Began as a controlled fire but change in wind direction caused fire brands to fly and spread the fire.
- Impacts
- 2400 homes destroyed.
- $9 billion worth of damage
- SHELL Canada had to temporarily shut down Albian Sands operation
- Oil industry lost $1 billion.
- Responses
- Canadian government received over $50 million in aid.
- State of emergency declared so firefighters from neighbouring states were sent in.
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