Climate & Environment

Light winds and lower temperatures were in the forecast Monday to help firefighters with wildfires in eastern Washington state that forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures.

A pair of municipalities in Niagara Region, St. Catharines and Lincoln, have both declared a state of emergency due to flooding following heavy rainfall.

The chief of a B.C. First Nation acknowledged the fear and anxiety among members who were forced to flee due to a fast-moving wildfire, saying it is too soon to officially confirm the scale of what the community has lost.

A tornado may have touched down in the severe storms in Repentigny, Que. on Aug. 2, 2026.

The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is experiencing severe weather, with rain and thunderstorms forecasted for much of the region on Sunday.

As Europe battles devastating wildfires, a wildfire researcher says Canada’s forests can learn important lessons from the role human-made forests play in fire behaviour. He says forest design, alongside climate change, can influence how quickly fires spread and how difficult they are to control.

Strong winds fanned the flames of a wildfire in B.C.’s north Okanagan, forcing additional evacuations as crews struggled to battle the blaze.

Even if a wildfire is not threatening your community, the BC Wildfire Service is recommending that British Columbians be prepared if you need to leave quickly.

Will Unruh says the 13 bison he cares for at his ranch near the shores of British Columbia’s Green Lake know that something is amiss.

Renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and nine other climbers swept away by an avalanche in Pakistan are confirmed to have died, and search teams are trying to recover their bodies, Purja’s expedition company said Saturday.

Firefighters held a vast wildfire inside its perimeter in southwestern France on Saturday, allowing about 198,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation, even as renewed fires forced thousands from their homes elsewhere in France and Greece.

A cold front moving through southern British Columbia was expected to bring high winds and possible thunderstorms this long weekend, prompting warnings from the B.C. Wildfire Service about the potential for new wildfires and growth of existing blazes.

Wildlife officials are banning fishing during certain hours on rivers and streams across the U.S. West, following an exceptionally dry winter and amid widespread drought. Lower water levels mean rivers can heat more rapidly.

Authorities ended a massive dayslong search-and-rescue operation Saturday at a collapsed shopping mall in southwest Japan following a powerful earthquake that killed 34 people earlier this week.

waths of seaweed are blanketing the beaches and coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, suffocating shorelines and snuffing out marine life while spooking visitors in areas that depend heavily on tourism.