‘Pray for rain’: wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to

<p>Canada’s response to the extreme weather threat is being upended as the traditional epicentre of the blazes shifts as the climate warms</p><p>Road closures, evacuations, travel chaos and stern warnings from officials have become fixtures of Canada’s wildfire season. But as the country goes through its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/11/canada-wildfire-season">second-worst burn on record</a>, the blazes come with a twist: few are coming from the western provinces, the traditional centre of destruction.</p><p>Instead, the worst of the fires have been concentrated in the prairie provinces and the Atlantic region, with bone-dry conditions upending how Canada responds to a threat that is only likely to grow as the climate warms.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/17/new-canada-wildfires-locations">Continue reading...</a>