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Added on the 09/06/2023 11:18:29 - Copyright : France 24 EN
A long queue of cars drive along the only road south to evacuate from Fort McMurray, after four neighborhoods of the city in Canada's major oil-producing region, were ordered evacuated as an out of control wildfire drew near and the skies filled with smoke. IMAGES
Images show Yellowknife evacuees arriving in the Calgary Airport, Alberta, after fleeing their city of 20,000 people that is now surrounded by flames. Evacuees are registered as soon as they land in Calgary's domestic flight terminal, some arriving with their pets. The fire is about 15 kilometers from Yellowknife and could reach the city over the weekend, authorities warned, especially as weather conditions hampered the work of firefighters. IMAGES
Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to shroud US cities in a noxious haze. Residents in the US capital awoke to an acrid smell and orange-tinged skies, with the Environmental Protection Agency rating parts of the mid-Atlantic region at "Code Maroon," the highest category of the Air Quality Index, signaling hazardous conditions. IMAGES
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets New York City, with the One World Trade Center partially obscured by the smog. Cities along the US East Coast have issued air pollution warnings, while the devastating fires in Canada have displaced more than 20,000 people and scorched about 3.8 million hectares of land. IMAGES
Around a hundred French firefighters and Civil Security rescue workers prepare to leave Marignane in the south of France for Quebec to take part in a fight against blazes that have shrouded US cities in smoke. IMAGES
Canadian wildfires that have produced a blanket of smog in cities along the US East Coast are an "alarming example of the ways in which the climate crisis is disturbing our lives," the White House says. SOUNDBITE
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