canadian authorities are now battling wildfires, after the extreme heatwave that s hit the western part of the country. residents in lytton were forced to evacuate, as fires engulfed the area. on tuesday the town recorded the country s highest ever temperature of 49.6 degrees celsius. monaco girljoins me from british colombia. what is the situation as far as fires and temperatures are concerned? temperatures are concerned ? well, temperatures are concerned? well, the fire that essentially destroyed 90% of lytton is still active in set to grow more. it is pretty windy and you may see in the background and hear it a bit. wind is not good for wildfires, they found fires in flames and allow them to spread even further. we have a few smaller to spread even further. we have a few smaller wildfires - to spread even further. we have a few smaller wildfires that - a few smaller wildfires that are also throughout our province popping up including a new wine thatjust province popping up includi
an area of the arctic ocean that was thought likely to stay frozen far longer than the rest of the region may be more vulnerable to climate change than previously predicted. researchers found that the region suffered a record decline in ice concentrations last year. canadian authorities are now battling wildfires after the extreme heatwave that s hit the western part of the country. on tuesday, the town recorded the country s highest ever temperature of 49.6 degrees celsius. some 250 people fled the fires, some filming as they left. gordon murray was filming as he made his way to safety out of lytton. he s now in vancouver. it is. we re still in shock. it all happened so fast. and as you know, there was the record heatwave before that and before that was even over, the winds picked up. this conflagration happened
my mum would have been shouting at the top of her lungs from the rooftop, from anywhere, speaking to anybody that would listen to make sure that those responsible for this are brought to justice and that reform happens so that this never happens again to any otherfamily, because no one should have to go through this. this wasn t an earthquake, it wasn t a terrorist attack. this was a building. people went to sleep, and then they died. sophie long, bbc news, surfside, miami. canadian authorities are battling wildfires after the extreme heatwave that s hit western areas. on tuesday, the town of lytton recorded the country s highest ever temperature of 49.6 degrees celsius. gordon murray was filming has he made his way out. we
after the extreme heatwave that s hit the west of the country. on tuesday the town of lytton recorded canada s highest ever temperature of nearly 50 degrees celsius. leading climate scientists say the unprecedented heatwave is almost certainly a consequence of global warming. from edmonton brandy yanchyk reports. the hotter temperatures across western canada have led to destruction in the small western canadian town of lytton in british columbia when a wild fire broke out causing an evacuation and then destroyed most of the town and damaging a nearby hydropower station. it set a record of 49.6 celsius on tuesday. the previous high in canada was 45 celsius. in british columbia, at least 486 sudden deaths were reported over five days. according to the bc coroner s service that is nearly three times more than usual over that period. this prolonged, dangerous and historic heatwave has also affected the province of alberta. daytime high temperatures have been above 30 degrees celsius.
in british columbia said the whole town was on fire, and he d told the population of around 250 people to leave. lytton recorded a temperature of 49.6 celsius on tuesday. dozens have died in the heatwave which experts are blaming on climate change. china s president, xijinping, has delivered a defiant address to mark the hundredth anniversary of the chinese communist party. appearing in tiananmen square in front of 70,000 spectators, mr xi said foreign powers that tried to bully his country would have their heads bashed . he also repeated his pledge to reunify taiwan with the mainland. new rules have come into force which should make it easier for people to repair household appliances like washing machines, tvs and fridges. the right to repair will force manufacturers to make