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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 51m ago
74 distinct posts / 48h, matching Canada 66 Crews 8
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1h ago Crews continue cleanup after EF0 tornado touches down in southern Ontario -1.5
3h ago Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for Ottawa with high winds, hail & heavy rain. Our crews are ready to respond. Prep: Charge devices & check emergency kits. Tips: bit.ly/4g2PiVk Power out? R… +2.0
5h ago With periods of intense rainfall in the forecast this week, our crews are inspecting catch basins throughout the city to help prevent flooding during the storm. YOU can help too by removing debris … +3.0
5h ago Crews continue cleanup after EF0 tornado touches down in southern Ont. -1.0
7h ago 🌡️☀️ Another heat wave means an early start for our bin crews! With temperatures rising again this week, our bin rounds will be starting early each day to help keep our crews safe in the heat. 🗑️… +4.0
7h ago More than 30 fires continue to burn across Oregon as crews battle extreme heat, erratic flames and several rapidly growing blazes. https://mrf.lu/2xz3k -6.0
11h ago 🚒 As the Holme Fen fire enters its third day, the spotlight is on the firefighters and volunteers battling the blaze around the clock in extreme heat. Some crews worked through multiple incidents w… +1.5
1d ago Another broken pipe unleashes flooding, this time in Beverly Grove A burst pipe in Beverly Grove sent water flowing down the street on Sunday morning, threatening parked vehicles and forcing some … -4.0
52m ago Colombia is dealing with a devastating magnitude-7.4 earthquake that has killed more than 100 people, while Canada and Europe remain under severe wildfire and heat pressure. In Asia, Typhoon Dolph… -9.0
1h ago New targeted alerts for tornado, severe thunderstorm warnings deploying across Canada +1.5
2h ago Chatted with some neighbours while walking the dog after that storm and it’s notable to me that so many people are upset about tornado warnings that don’t hit as opposed to say, this: www.cbc.ca/… -1.5
2h ago 🇨🇦 Canada Official alert: red warning - tornado - changed Area: Canada Severity: Red Description: ### Expires: 2026-08-10T21:38:58-00:00 Originated from CAP Alert: Environment Canada, 2026-08-10T21… -6.0
3h ago #ResearchInAction: Researchers from UBC and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada are using the CLS to study how corn, poplar, and hazelnut crops cope with too little or too much water, in the hopes of … +3.5
3h ago All my plans got derailed by having to go to the basement for a tornado warning from environment Canada. It was brief and we learned that moose can be stunned into submission by the vibrate functio… +1.0
3h ago In Canada here, and in many other countries elsewhere farmers are struggling against wildfires, drought, crop loss and shortage of animal feed. Buy from local farmers wherever you can. #Farmers #… +2.0
4h ago 🇨🇦 Canada Official alert: red warning - tornado - in effect Area: Canada Severity: Red Description: At 3:47 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is po… -6.5
4h ago Air Canada flights resume following Typhoon Dolphin in southern China +3.0
4h ago Wildfires are raging across the western U.S. and Canada due to extreme heat and dry conditions. Evacuations are in place in multiple states and British Columbia, where over 100 active fires are bur… -7.0
4h ago Canada: Quebec: severe storms possible. Nova Scotia heat wave warnings. Ontario: severe storms possible. Adams! -2.5
4h ago #Canada #China #Japan #Main #typhoon 🌐 www.newsmart.ch -5.0
4h ago 🔥 From wildfires to flooding to heatwaves and increasingly severe storms, communities are facing the impacts of an unstable climate. But the Carney government is trying to gut Canada’s environment… -7.0
4h ago #Tornado warning for: Petawawa - Pembroke - Cobden At 4:05 PM EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large … -6.0
4h ago #Canada #drought #Force #fuel #western #wildfire #Wildfires 🌐 www.newsmart.ch -4.5
5h ago Updated charts for #Kamloops, #Kelowna, #Summerland, #Penticton regions. Summary: - Already in a severe drought situation - C02 at very unhealthy levels - Little to no rain for rest of this week -… -4.0
5h ago Geopolitics: Iran war revolt, Houthi Mocha strike, Nepal Tibet halt, Colombia narcoterror ops Environment: Europe's hottest June-July, France 5th heatwave, Canada wildfire crisis AI: TSMC $6.3B J… -2.0
6h ago www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Article skating around the role of climate change and effect of burning fossil fuels as an influence on all this "extreme weather events". -2.5
6h ago Rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving the heat waves and severe drought that fuel these fast-expanding infernos. #ClimateChange #Canada -6.0
6h ago Pacific Marine Heatwave Spans Nearly 15% of the Planet www.surfer.com/news/pacific... #FossilFuels #ElNiño #Pacific #US #Canada #Europe #Asia #Africa -5.0
8h ago W Europe sets new temp record as another heat wave looms Fast-moving wildfire in W Canada forces 20,000 to flee their homes Taylor Farms issued a recall for over a dozen items, including salsa an… -4.5
8h ago Extreme heat and dry conditions have fueled over 94 large fires in the U.S. and 100 in Canada, forcing thousands to evacuate and claiming the lives of three first responders. -8.0

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T3 Crews battle wildfires in western U.S. and Canada weather_impact kmxt.org smoky, intense, relentless
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