climate change.Dozens of heat records were broken during the heat dome’s initial bombardment in Western Canada in late June, with over 60 records set on a single day alone in B.C.The small British Columbian community of Lytton, which suffered from a catastrophic wildfire last week, set Canada’s hottest temperature record several times during the heatwave — up to a blistering 49.6 C.
Group of scientists concludes climate change made B.C., Alberta heat wave 150 times more likely BC Coroners Service recorded upwards of 700 deaths over the week during B.C.’s heat wave — three times as much as what would be normal during that period.Now, as the heat wave passes through central Canada — baking parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta — as.