Canadian Wildfires near the tourist town of Jasper - By Jennifer.Koszelnik

 Earlier this week, 25,000 people were forced to evacuate the area due to the buildings in the

town of Jasper being burned after the wildfires. The Environmental Canada said that it may soon

have mainly hot and dry weather which can allow the fire to spread from 1 cm to 2 cm of rain is

expected to happen. Some are saying that the fires are so powerful that some of the weather

experts are saying that the weather system is mainly trying to generate lighting. After the fires

happened last week the major spoke about how the town of Jasper in Canada was facing its worst

nightmare, how the dedication of the firefighters and first responders coming to the towns aid

help with the recovery effort of individuals. Another issue Jasper faces is that when wildfires

happen, air quality has deteriorated in that area. The city is deploying any type of resources and

any type of evacuation support, and they are coordinating any firefighting and airlift assistance.

As an individual who often reads and watches the news about wildfires happening in California

and hurricanes in the south and snowstorms in the north, it is important to recognize how much

the counties do to prepare for any disaster such as chemical or natural disasters which shows how

much resources and amount of logistical planning is needed to ensure everyone’s safety.

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