Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe, uncontrollable wildfires, a study published Thursday said, underlining what the authors described as a pressing need to proactively mitigate the ...

This fire whirl was seen over Gun Lake in British Columbia. Fire whirls are created when there is a combination of high fire intensity, strong winds and air mass instability. Fire whirls are also ...

A helicopter flies over smoke billowing from Jasper National Park last summer. A new study suggests Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe wildfires, underlining the pressing need to ...