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If you’re reading this in Western Canada, we don’t need to tell you that the last few days have yielded temperatures that have melted asphalt, left highway shoulders scattered with overheated cars and are now sparking a wave of apocalyptic wildfires in the B.C. interior.
Almost overnight, a corner of the globe that spends half the year dusted in snow became a contender for one of the hottest single regions on Earth. Below, a few statistics as to just how remarkable Western Canada’s heat wave has been.
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