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Northwest Territories as wildfires threaten multiple communities, including the capital, Yellowknife.Territorial officials told reporters during a Thursday evening briefing that 22 flights will be available with more to be made available Saturday, depending on weather conditions and the availability of crews and planes.“We will be running flights 24/7 until the population that is wanting to get out on flights are able to evacuate via those flights,” said Jennifer Young, information officer for the territory’s emergency management organization.Additional flights out of the territory will be provided by the Canadian Armed Forces, who Global News confirmed Thursday was deploying four more aircraft to assist with evacuations.Earlier in the week, the Canadian Forces already started flying out evacuees on two Hercules transport aircraft.On Thursday, military sources confirmed to Global News that two more Hercules aircraft, one C-17 aircraft and one Polaris aircraft were to be involved in evacuation efforts. They will come from CFB Trenton in Ontario and are expected to arrive in Edmonton on Thursday before heading north.The arrival of further military assets on Friday was confirmed by Chief Warrant Officer Richard Francoeur during the media briefing Thursday.Efforts to evacuate Yellowknife’s 20,000 residents and two nearby First Nations are quickly approaching a deadline of noon on Friday, as a wildfire nears the city.

Residents don’t know what they’ll find when they return home after evacuation due to wildfires or other natural disasters. They don’t even know if their homes will still exist.

wildfires burning throughout the province’s interior.The phenomenon was captured Thursday night by overnight ground personnel working the Downton Lake fire, burning in the Gun Lake area north of Pemberton.In the video, a towering column of gas and flame can be seen spinning along the lakeshore, in front of a hellish backdrop of flaming trees.In a social media thread, the BC Wildfire Service explained that the “fire whirl,” also known as a fire tornado, was the product of unique and rapidly changing weather conditions.At the time the fire whirl formed, the region was coming out of a multi-day heat wave, followed by a strong cold front.As the front swept through the area, it brought strong southwesterly winds which engorged the fire.The relative humidity in the area fell to an “incredibly rare” overnight low of 14 per cent, while the dew point — a measure of moisture in the air — fell precipitously from the day before, the wildfire service explained.“With this combination of conditions and fire behaviour, fire intensity was more extreme during this overnight period, reaching intensities that hadn’t been seen even during the day,” the service explained.“As shown in the video, the combination of high fire intensity, strong winds and air mass instability resulted in the formation of a fire whirl (otherwise known as a fire tornado) over Gun Lake.”The formation of the whirl was also aided by the presence of “adequate vorticity,” the tendency of the atmosphere to spin or rotate, the wildfire service explained.“Complex terrain, downslope winds and the passing cold front provided the necessary conditions for the formation of this fire whirl over Gun Lake,” it said.The fire service added that such fire tornadoes are “incredibly

The B.C. government will be temporarily restricting travel to fire-affected areas as wildfires threaten thousands in the Central Interior and southeast.

Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowinn Ma provided the numbers during a Friday update on the wildfire crisis, as strong winds and tinder-dry conditions fuel explosive fire growth.“I was deeply horrified to witness the distressing images emerging from West Kelowna late last evening,” Ma said.“I know this is a very challenging situation for everyone in that area. My heart is with you, our government is deploying every resource available to keep people safe and protect the community.”About 2,500 people have been forced from their homes in West Kelowna, Kelowna and surrounding communities, and officials said earlier Friday that a “significant” number of structures had been destroyed.

The approaching wildfire is forcing Yellowknife residents to evacuate their homes and seek safety elsewhere.The wildfire is burning closer and the Northwest Territories government has ordered residents to evacuate.But they have very few options to escape the city. Flights start on Thursday afternoon but are limited to those who can’t drive or have health issues, according to the evacuation order.There is only one road out of Yellowknife that leads away from the encroaching fire.

Debilitating smoke has been hanging over the heads of many in Yellowknife for days and a wildfire on the outskirts of the northern city is growing steadily.

Everyone in the city of Yellowknife was ordered to start evacuating on Wednesday due to nearby wildfires.

It was meant to be a romantic, viral stunt, but the flames of love ignited on a Vancouver Island beach have quickly fanned the flames of anger among locals.

Canadian wildfires so far this year have burned 10 million hectares of land and counting, data from theCanadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre shows.

The air in several major Canadian cities on Monday smells like burning campfires.