A wildfire has burned 90% of the village that recorded Canada’s highest ever temperature, the local MP says, writes BBC.
Brad Vis said the fire had caused extensive damage to Lytton, in British Columbia, and to surrounding critical infrastructure.
Jan Polderman, mayor of Lytton, told the BBC he had been “lucky to get out with my own life”: “There won’t be very much left of Lytton. There was fire everywhere”.
Experts say that climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. However, linking any single event to global warming is complicated.