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[LoneClone] Connected with this year's outsize El Niño, BC is experiencing Kalvin waves, gia...

LoneClone — 10/6/2026 11:10:41 AM

Connected with this year's outsize El Niño, BC is experiencing Kalvin waves, giant slow moving blobs of warm water that occur as the result of El Niño changing prevailing wind patterns. Kalvin waves don't cause immediate damage like, say, a tsunami, as the rise in ocean levels they cause is less than half a metre, but they do bring unusually warm water north.

cbc.ca
BC has already had one Kalvin wave this summer, and another is on the way. That is probably a contributor to an unusual find just made in Haida Gwaii, the discovery of the corpse of a swordfish, usually found in tropical waters. This is only the third swordfish found in BC waters, with the other two far to the south of this one.

cbc.ca

LC

[LoneClone] It will be remarkable if Kelvin makes it all the way to BC. We do occasionally s...

LoneClone — 10/1/2026 5:56:02 PM

It will be remarkable if Kelvin makes it all the way to BC. We do occasionally suffer through the remnants of tropical storms, but only after they have headed west across the entire Pacific and than come back east on the prevailing winds.

LC

[EL KABONG!!!] Kelvin wave headed for California and points farther north (including Oregon, Wa...

EL KABONG!!! — 10/1/2026 3:33:33 AM

Kelvin wave headed for California and points farther north (including Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska)...

yahoo.com

EK!!!

[LoneClone] Some great news -- all air quality warnings in BC have been rescinded. Do note ...

LoneClone — 8/31/2026 11:39:41 AM

Some great news -- all air quality warnings in BC have been rescinded.

Do note that there are still almost 200 fires burning across the province.

aqwarnings.gov.bc.ca

LC

[Snowshoe] Grand Canyon flash floods leave around 15 missing as dozens are evacuated, park ...

Snowshoe — 8/30/2026 9:44:09 PM

Grand Canyon flash floods leave around 15 missing as dozens are evacuated, park officials say
cbsnews.com

Updated on: August 30, 2026 / 8:49 PM EDT

Some 15 people are believed to be missing in Grand Canyon National Park, and dozens have been evacuated after parts of the canyon were hit by "significant" flash flooding, which swept large boulders, metal structures and other debris into the Colorado River, officials said Sunday.

[LoneClone] I somehow never made it myself, but many of my friends went trekking in Nepal ba...

LoneClone — 8/28/2026 6:34:37 PM

I somehow never made it myself, but many of my friends went trekking in Nepal back in the day. Now we are all relived because the daughter of on those friends, following in her mother's footsteps, after several days of silence, managed to get out a message that she had survived the flash flood the other day by being out on a hike at a higher elevation.

Climate change strikes again. This will happen more and more often as the world's glaciers melt. We even have a smaller version of this happening the last few years in the mountains up beyond Whistler.

sciencedaily.com

There has been some good news on the BC wildfire front. The big fire near Summerland that caused thousands of evacuations has been declared held, and the provincial state of emergency has ended.

Not so good news re the ongoing droughts -- Vernon has gone to the highest state of water restrictions, so farmers are having to let third crops die in the fields just a month before harvest

[Ron] North America’s Rural Lands Are Burning This summer has been a terrible fire sea...

Ron — 8/18/2026 6:15:21 PM

North America’s Rural Lands Are Burning
This summer has been a terrible fire season, just not in the most populated places.
archive.ph

windy.com

[LoneClone] Some good news for the BC Interior as about 4000 properties came off evacuations...

LoneClone — 8/18/2026 6:02:18 PM

Some good news for the BC Interior as about 4000 properties came off evacuations orders today (though they are still on evacuation alert and could have to leave again at any moment).

Meanwhile, Europe's summer from hell continues, with Belgium suffering through its largest wildfire ever.

politico.eu

[LoneClone] Over the last three or four days, the BC wildfire situation got worse and then a...

LoneClone — 8/17/2026 5:20:53 PM

Over the last three or four days, the BC wildfire situation got worse and then a little better. A mostly dry lightning storm went through first and started about 30 new fires. But cooler conditions and even some rain in its wake have since calmed things down enough that several thousand properties were taken off evacuation orders. However, they are still on evacuation alert so the returnees will have to leave very quickly if conditions worsen again, which judging the forecast -- more heat and no precip -- could well happen.

Meanwhile, the smoke has returned to Vancouver with the change in weather patterns. Even though I am staying inside, I am still suffering quite a bit, sneezing and coughing with sore eyes.

LC

[LoneClone] OT Typical of you and your vendetta against me. You ignore almost the entire con...

LoneClone — 8/10/2026 5:44:42 PM

OT
Typical of you and your vendetta against me. You ignore almost the entire content of a long post to zero in on something that you think insults me. Truly pathetic.

I am glad you don't know my real name or where I live or I'd be afraid you would show up on my doorstep and attack me. Your posts give the impression that you are that demented.

LC

[LoneClone] Here is a thoroughgoing analysis of the present and future of Canada released by...

LoneClone — 8/10/2026 12:29:43 PM

Here is a thoroughgoing analysis of the present and future of Canada released by a group of esteemed climate researchers.

What a mess we have created!

worldweatherattribution.org

LC

[LoneClone] Over in Europe, the punishing heat wave continues, with all time high temperatu...

LoneClone — 8/10/2026 12:17:46 PM

Over in Europe, the punishing heat wave continues, with all time high temperatures records having been set in many countries, including Poland, Austria, and Slovakia. And the ongoing heat and drought has pushed both the Danube and Rhine rivers to record low water levels, causing power plants to shut down and threatening many economies, as these are two of the most heavily used shipping routes in the world.

au.news.yahoo.com

Meanwhile, the Atlantic hurricane season may have been quiet so far, as is normal for an El Nino year, but the Pacific has been making up for it, with a string of typhoons hitting China this summer. The latest, Dolphin, is the biggest yet, and has triggered the evacuation of more than 1 million people.

bbc.com

LC

[LoneClone] It was predicted that this last weekend would be a tough one for south central B...

LoneClone — 8/10/2026 12:16:11 PM

It was predicted that this last weekend would be a tough one for south central BC , but it turned out to be worse than even the ,most pessimistic predictions.

On Friday night a fire sparked in the mountains above Summerland, a community halfway down the side of Okanagan Lake. Within ONE HOUR it spread to 1000 hectares, and in TWO HOURS to 5000 hectares. Then evacuation orders went out for the entire population of Summerland and then parts of Peachland, just to the north, 12000 people in total (pushing the evacuated population in BC to over 22000 people).

By the next morning it was almost 100 sq km, and is now almost 170 sq km and still out of control. The reason for this growth is that under the impact of global warming this area is these days much warmer than it was even 20 years ago. Add in a years-long drought and you have the conditions for a dangerous conflagration. It is a tribute to the people managing this that only one person has died, that due more to medical reasons.

Many sporting events and festivals, including the world renowned Kelowna Triathlon, have had to be cancelled.

cbc.ca

There are still over 100 fires burning in BC, about half out of control. To make it even more fun, smoke from wildfires in Washington is blowing across the border into BC, and one or more of the fires generating the smoke could also enter BC.

cbc.ca

LC

[LoneClone] OT I was a highly rated educator who mentored many students into outstanding car...

LoneClone — 8/10/2026 11:47:16 AM

OT I was a highly rated educator who mentored many students into outstanding careers.

The reason you get this kind of reaction from me is that you are a classic bully who has for some reason formed an intense hatred toward me that had led you to carry out a year-long campaign of harassment based on insults and denigration.

Got it?

LC

[johnlw] That's a sad post man If you call debate on a free public forum harassment that...

johnlw — 8/6/2026 9:27:08 PM

That's a sad post man
If you call debate on a free public forum harassment that just shows how soft you are. Rejoice? As I have said before your life has no bearing on mine. Statements like that make me worry about your mental health.

I mentioned a few spots we loved in the East Koots as that was where the fires I was concerned about where.

If you want to get into a pissing contest about back country camping/living in BC bring it on. Fuck me little man. I lived in the north island bush off grid for years. Some of the trips we took would blow your little mind.

What sort of an educator were you with this antagonistic I must win attitude? More like an indoctrinator I am afraid. How many young lives did you set astray?

[LoneClone] Once again, the wildland/urban interface has always existed to some extent, but ...

LoneClone — 8/5/2026 7:37:38 PM

Once again, the wildland/urban interface has always existed to some extent, but has only become a major problem since the effects of global warming started to bite, engendering more fires and more that exhibit extreme behaviour.

LC

[LoneClone] As I have already reported, long time fire fighters in Spokane have said that in...

LoneClone — 8/5/2026 7:32:05 PM

As I have already reported, long time fire fighters in Spokane have said that in their long careers they have never seen fire behaviour like this. Without the effects of global warming, the fire the arsonist set would not have exploded the way it did and would have been contained easily, and likewise for the other two fires near Spokane.

I will repeat, no matter what starts a fire, the effects of global warming greatly increase the chances it will get out of control and cause more damage than it would have 50 years ago.

You seem to be arguing that because a fire was started by an arsonist, global warming has had no effect on fire behaviour. Bizarre!

LC

[LoneClone] The first 100 of 300 Mexican elite firefighters have arrived in BC, with the re...

LoneClone — 8/5/2026 7:22:36 PM

The first 100 of 300 Mexican elite firefighters have arrived in BC, with the rest and some Australians coming in over the next week. Since we are just starting to enter the peak of the fire season, their contributions will be invaluable.

LC

[LoneClone] OT You just can't stop yourself from being a jerk by including insults. You will...

LoneClone — 8/5/2026 7:21:37 PM

OT You just can't stop yourself from being a jerk by including insults. You will be disappointed to know that I am going to survive this latest incursion. of smoke. You have made it abundantly clear through a years-long campaign of harassment that you would rejoice if I died.

Every one of those factors you cite has been greatly magnified by the effects of climate change, which is obvious to everyone whose vision is not constrained by ideology.

Good for you for camping in some great spots in BC. I have spent 50 years camping my way through BC, at least the parts south of a line drawn between the north tip of Haida Gwaii and Jasper. You have barely scratched the surface, believe me. If I wasn't battling heath issues, I would be out exploring the rest of province right now, but alas, that is no longer possible.

I suppose it is further proof for you that I am a bad person because I need to stay close to medical care. One of your pals just made fun of my eye problems, which fits the pattern of abuse and hate you have carried out so assiduously.

LC

[johnlw] nature.com Relevant essay

johnlw — 8/4/2026 10:43:14 PM

[johnlw] Spokane, Washington wildfires; arson arrest made in connection to Old Trails Fir...

johnlw — 8/4/2026 10:19:02 PM

Spokane, Washington wildfires; arson arrest made in connection to Old Trails Fire | CNN
So these fires would have occurred anyway ? Without some nutcase starting them? You are delusional. You are the idealouge-not everybody who posts a disagreeing comment is a right wing fanatic. SF Gate is not a trump supporting publication.
Give your touque a spin again pal.

[johnlw] My God Canada Post has shutdown! Call out the army!

johnlw — 8/4/2026 10:09:08 PM

[johnlw] Sure There are enormous amounts of fuel available now, its the shits for those a...

johnlw — 8/4/2026 10:05:35 PM

Sure
There are enormous amounts of fuel available now, its the shits for those affected.

But surely you can recognize that these events didn't happen 50-60 years ago in our youth because there weren't the people in the back country. Anybody who went in the backwoods then was on foot or horseback and they were aware and conscious of the dangers of dry woods. It got dry and the logging and everything was shutdown period. People recognized and respected the danger. Not now. Nobody had a quad or a dirt bike and went ripping around the slash trails and not give a fuck.
Don't convince me, convince the 230 homeowners who lost their property this past week due to a reckless quadder...or the thousands affect in Ft Mac from the careless riding of those two goofs.

We spent many summers in the east Koots enjoying Summer Lake, White Boar Lake, Monroe Lake... don't lecture me on what I value from your distorted perception of the world from your rent controlled appt in Vancouver.

[LoneClone] A few more tidbits... Washington state has now declared a state of emergency. ...

LoneClone — 8/4/2026 6:23:30 PM

A few more tidbits...

Washington state has now declared a state of emergency.

Postal deliveries have had to be stopped across much of southern BC due to the hazardous conditions.

LC

[LoneClone] OT So I can assume that, applying the same approach, when you are walking along...

LoneClone — 8/4/2026 6:12:46 PM

OT So I can assume that, applying the same approach, when you are walking along a sidewalk and overtake a disabled person, you harass them for walking too slowly.

LC

[LoneClone] I just heard a radio interview that underlined my point. It brought together two...

LoneClone — 8/4/2026 4:52:39 PM

I just heard a radio interview that underlined my point. It brought together two fire fighters with over 40 years experience apiece, one from near Spokane, the other from Vernon, near the latest big fire in BC.

The point both of them wanted to make was that during their careers they have fought many many fires, but that they have never seen fires behave like this before. The conditions created by climate change mean that a fire that would not have been much of a problem in the past now has the opportunity to blow up into a dangerous conflagration due to the hotter air, drier conditions, and heavier winds we get these days..

LC

[LoneClone] It's really nasty in this part of the world. Strong winds and a parched landsca...

LoneClone — 8/4/2026 3:58:14 PM

It's really nasty in this part of the world.

Strong winds and a parched landscape plus some lightning ignited a number of new fires over the weekend in BC and Washington. The worst one right now in BC is at the north end of Okanagan Lake. That area has been in extreme drought, so when a fire ignited late Friday it blew up to over 10 sq km in one day and has continued to grow, in the process taking out hundreds of homes.

We are closing in on 10k people evacuated in BC, with over 130 wild fires burning, more than 50 of them out of control and six designated as 'major'

cbc.ca

As for myself, I am now confined indoors due to the smoke. I have also have to drop out of working on the upcoming Canadian National Ultimate Championships coming up shortly in Surrey, south of Vancouver. This is a real shame since I am the OG of ulty in BC, having started the first team in the province in 1982.

And things are even worse across the border in Eastern Washington, where over 60k people have been evacuated and hundreds of buildings destroyed in the three large fires around Spokane.

newsweek.com

Now I am waiting for Trump to threaten tariffs on Washington State for producing so much smoke spreading into other states and north into Canada.

[LoneClone] The real issue is how, no matter how a fire ignites, the droughts and extreme he...

LoneClone — 8/4/2026 3:44:33 PM

The real issue is how, no matter how a fire ignites, the droughts and extreme heat that are getting more and more common, cause them to be so much more dangerous than they used to be.

Surely you can recognize that?

LC

[johnlw] 30 years of data reveals how people ignite most Calif. wildfires “It’s really i...

johnlw — 8/4/2026 12:54:00 PM

30 years of data reveals how people ignite most Calif. wildfires

“It’s really important that we have access to this kind of open, public, transparent data,” said Kelly Pohl, associate director at Headwaters Economics, in an interview with SFGATE on Friday.

[oldmoguy] Wernt bout spelling.

oldmoguy — 8/2/2026 9:14:25 AM

[LoneClone] Turning to stuff that matters, hot dry windy weather has ramped up a number of f...

LoneClone — 7/31/2026 4:38:52 PM

Turning to stuff that matters, hot dry windy weather has ramped up a number of fires across BC, particularly those threatening Clinton and 70 Mile House. Another 1000 properties just received evacuation alerts And there are reports across the interior of flickering lights caused by ash fall onto power lines. That is assuming you still have power, because a great deal of infrastructure including thousands of power poles, has been consumed by fire.

I am also keeping a weather eye on the heat dome punishing the US from southern California to Colorado, generating temperatures at least 10C above normal. I sure hope it doesn't move across the border before it dissipates.

LC

[LoneClone] OT - After going through life making no spelling errors except for 'neccessary' ...

LoneClone — 7/31/2026 4:32:30 PM

OT - After going through life making no spelling errors except for 'neccessary' in Grade 6, and being able to spot errors in a page of type just by glancing at it, much to the chagrin of my students, my eyesight has deteriorated greatly so these days I make occasional errors, much to MY chagrin.

That's a typical move - focus in one minor detail while ignoring the main import because it contradicts your ideological bias.

Does that error change the message I was sharing? Not a bit! But of course ideologues don't actually care about what other people say. You have the certainty of your ideology, which brooks no contradictions, even if they represent reality.

LC

[oldmoguy] " How a far starts is immaterial " What profound ignorance!!!!!!

oldmoguy — 7/30/2026 10:31:02 PM

[LoneClone] But do keep in mind that these fires would not have taken off the way they did w...

LoneClone — 7/30/2026 8:24:58 PM

But do keep in mind that these fires would not have taken off the way they did without the effects of climate change, in this case a record heat wave. Of course poor forest management practises in the past played a part, but the effects of those practises were greatly magnified their effect.

How a far starts is immaterial to the effect climate change has on its development.

LC

[jazzlover2] Many fires are man made/arsonist caused. I wonder if this Quebec man was just a...

jazzlover2 — 7/29/2026 10:56:07 PM

Many fires are man made/arsonist caused. I wonder if this Quebec man was just a crazy crackpot or was he on a mission to prove something? Or both? Wanting to be an environmentalist super hero?

ctvnews.ca

How many fires has this man and others like him set in Ontario this year? We'll never know.

[LoneClone] The wildfires in BC -- currently about 140, with many out of control - made the ...

LoneClone — 7/27/2026 11:46:29 AM

The wildfires in BC -- currently about 140, with many out of control - made the top of the national news this morning. The good news is that the evacuation alert for the town of Kimberley has been rescinded, but many other evacuation alerts and orders remain in force. Conditions will get worse this week with heat and wind, so it is very helpful that firefighters from Mexico and various parts of Canada are arriving to join the fray.

Of course, this pales in comparison to what is happening in France and Spain, where more than 300k people have had to be evacuated due to wild fires. The big question now is whether the fire can be stopped before it enters the city of Bordeaux.

bbc.com

And the effects on sports continue to grow. The final stage of the Tour de France had to be shortened, because the police and military personnel that were supposed to have been guarding the route had to be reassigned to firefighting. And the BC Summer Games got lucky, with a wind shift meaning most of the outdoor events were held after all.

As well, typhoon Ragasa, the latest of a string of cyclones to hit Taiwan and China the year, has caused the evacuation of more than 2 million people.

cnn.com

LC

[LoneClone] France, Spain, and Italy are being ravaged by fire, with several hundred thousan...

LoneClone — 7/24/2026 3:37:28 PM

France, Spain, and Italy are being ravaged by fire, with several hundred thousand people evacuated and hundreds dead.

ndtv.com

Meanwhile, here in BC, there are more evacuations, with the village of Clinton joining Boston Bar and several smaller villages, and there are air quality warnings in many parts of BC.. The latest word is that power supplies across the province are threatened because major transmission lines pass very close to the Clinton fire.

LC

[LoneClone] Spare a thought for the residents of Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon. For the la...

LoneClone — 7/22/2026 3:18:39 PM

Spare a thought for the residents of Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon. For the last two weeks most of them have had to evacuate due to two nearby fires. It looked like things might be settling when, but now a third fire has sparked and grown massively so all the evacuation orders are back on, with no end in sight.

cbc.ca

Meanwhile, here in Vancouver there is hope that I might be able to go outside tomorrow after being confined indoors for the last three days due to a toxic combo of heat, high humidity, and wildfire smoke. That will be nice, but I am concerned about the forecast for the next three or four days which combines clouds and showers with continuing heat, and hence is likely to generate lightning and more fires.

LC

[LoneClone] Yes, El Nino is having an effect, but all it is doing is exacerbating the effect...

LoneClone — 7/20/2026 3:48:33 PM

Yes, El Nino is having an effect, but all it is doing is exacerbating the effects of the main cause, climate change. This year is actually not as bad as several recent years.

LC

[EL KABONG!!!] So the wildfires in Canada are the end result of an ongoing drought in Canada? N...

EL KABONG!!! — 7/20/2026 11:56:07 AM

So the wildfires in Canada are the end result of an ongoing drought in Canada? No rain, tinder dry conditions? And is it fair to conclude that the drought (some of which preceded El Nino) is highly likely affected by the El Nino conditions which likely contributed towards Canada's extremely warm and dry past winter, a record warmth if I remember correctly?

EK!!!

[LoneClone] There are now more than 1000 wild fires burning across Canada, most of them out ...

LoneClone — 7/20/2026 11:14:36 AM

There are now more than 1000 wild fires burning across Canada, most of them out of control.

Almost 200 of those fires are in Ontario, with the most threatening being near Thunder Bay, where a number of new evacuation orders have been issued,

thestar.com

Here in BC, easier conditions over the weekend allowed firefighters to get the flames near Pemberton under control, leading to the lifting of most of the evacuation orders and alerts in the area. However, extreme fire conditions in the southeast corner of the province have sparked a fire that is threatening the 9000 inhabitants of Kimberley, leading to an evacuation alert for the entire city of 9000.

theweathernetwork.com

And in a further illustration of the drought conditions afflicting so much of BC, Kamloops, a city of 100k people in central BC, has moved to Stage 4 of its 5 stage water restrictions.

cfjctoday.com

LC

[LoneClone] As of today, Detroit has the worst air quality of any large city on the planet, ...

LoneClone — 7/16/2026 12:44:44 PM

As of today, Detroit has the worst air quality of any large city on the planet, with Toronto pushed down to 3rd place. Yes, much of the smoke is coming from fires in Ontario, Manitoba, and the NWT, but the headline on the following article is a little misleading, because there are also many fires burning in Michigan.

wxyz.com

Talking to friends in Toronto, the smoke has been so bad that even inside large buildings with state of the art ventilation systems, you can often smell smoke.

Here in BC, conditions have worsened with the return of hot weather accompanying a system that delivered thousands of dry lightning hits. An evacuation order has been announced for Boston Bar in the Fraser Canyon because the twin fires have worsened, and the lightning hits have started a fire that is threatening Pemberton, north of Whistler, causing evacuation orders.

When I mention Algeria, you probably don't think of wildfires, but a terrible heat wave has sparked more than 1000 fires, including one that killed 11 children at an orphanage.

apnews.com

LC

[LoneClone] Thanks to smoke from a chain of wild fires stretching from northern Ontario thro...

LoneClone — 7/15/2026 10:43:52 AM

Thanks to smoke from a chain of wild fires stretching from northern Ontario through Manitoba to the Northwest Territories, Toronto currently has the worst air quality in the world.

This has personal impact for me, because my sister, who lives in Toronto, received a double lung transplant four years ago so is very vulnerable to bad air and will have to stay indoors breathing filtered air until this clears.

One mitigating factor is that the terrible heat wave that has broken many temperatures records throughout Eastern Canada is finally starting to lessen

nowtoronto.com

LC

[LoneClone] Yes, that's why I said 'almost nothing'. I am not sure if that counts anyway, s...

LoneClone — 7/14/2026 8:09:09 PM

Yes, that's why I said 'almost nothing'.

I am not sure if that counts anyway, since you have made it clear many times you think climate change is a crock.

Meanwhile, more temperature records are falling across large parts of central Canada, and there are many tornado warnings to go with the heat warnings, not unheard of but unusual for that part of the world,

LC

[johnlw] "While the province maintains some resource roads to high-value sites, they may...

johnlw — 7/14/2026 1:13:52 PM

"While the province maintains some resource roads to high-value sites, they may be deactivated when they become too costly to maintain. As the damage from storms, wildfires and events like rock slides increases due to climate change, advocates said an increasing number of roads are being lost, and with them, access to important recreation areas."

Did you get past the headline?

[LoneClone] Since your post has almost nothing to do with Severe Weather and the Economic Im...

LoneClone — 7/13/2026 6:11:28 PM

Since your post has almost nothing to do with Severe Weather and the Economic Impact, I will assume you just posted it to take a shot at BC and in your usual fashion, try to rile me up.

LC

[johnlw] 'Backbone' of B.C. outdoor recreation access in jeopardy, groups say | Vancouver...

johnlw — 7/12/2026 9:07:20 PM

'Backbone' of B.C. outdoor recreation access in jeopardy, groups say | Vancouver Sun

[johnlw] My wife was raised in the Paradise Valley area. Five injured as tornado touches ...

johnlw — 7/9/2026 3:43:55 PM

My wife was raised in the Paradise Valley area.
Five injured as tornado touches hits campground southeast of Edmonton | Edmonton Journal

[LoneClone] The smaller of the two fires bracketing the Fraser River 'only' increased in siz...

LoneClone — 7/9/2026 12:48:38 PM

The smaller of the two fires bracketing the Fraser River 'only' increased in size by about 50% in the last 24 hours, but the larger almost doubled to 170 sq km. Both are expected to grow further due to windy and extremely dry conditions. The Trans Canada Highway remains closed, and the severe hazard due to the smoke has spread to a large part of the southern BC Interior. A fairly weak system is heading in that direction, but the question is whether any rain that falls is outweighed by higher winds and potential lightning.

ctvnews.ca

Meanwhile, intense heat has returned to France for the third time this summer and is expected to remain for at least a week, leading to many more deaths. So far this is by far the hottest summer ever recorded in France, the Iberian peninsula, and other parts of Europe.

parissecret.com

Meanwhile, super typhoon Bavi, expected to be the strongest typhoon to hit the Chinese mainland in at least 40 years, is approaching landfall, threatening areas still flooded by the last typhoon a week ago. the far the prediction that El Nino will decrease hurricanes in the Atlantic and increase typhoons in the Pacific is being borne out.

globaltimes.cn

LC

[LoneClone] The twin fires on each side of the river along the Fraser Canyon between Vancouv...

LoneClone — 7/8/2026 3:38:53 PM

The twin fires on each side of the river along the Fraser Canyon between Vancouver and Kamloops have now grown to more than 100 sq km. 10 km of the Trans Canada Highway through the canyon remain closed, and there are air quality warnings in Kamloops to the northeast. Some of the smoke has made its way south, but so far none has made it out to where I live.

Meanwhile, Fort Simpson in the NWT remains evacuated with no end in sight. There are also many floods underway from Manitoba east through the Maritimes.

It was a crazy Canada Day this year. Hundreds of communities had to cancel their July 1st celebrations due to fire or flood, and hundreds of others had to cancel the associated fireworks shows due to the fire risk.

LC