Climate threat

 

Smoke fills Boundary creek, east of Yellowknife. Bill Braden/AP  

 

Climate threat The fires in Canada  

Lisa's family escaped the flames: "The car started to melt"  

 

20,000 residents of Canada's northern city of Yellowknife must leave the area by Friday evening, the CBC reports. That after the city was surrounded by a total of four forest fires.  

 

On Sunday, Lisa Mundy fled the fire-ravaged area with her family. She describes how visibility was obscured and the heat began to seep into the car they were traveling in. 

 

- The windshield cracked and the car began to melt and fill with smoke. My son cried out that he didn't want to die, Mundy told the Canadian news channel.  

 

This year, Canada has been hit by the worst forest fires in the country's history. The evacuation effort in Yellowknife continues, and at least one hospital has moved patients to other cities to prepare to receive casualties. Storm-felled forest outside Sjöbo in Skåne.  

 

Illustration image. Johan Nilsson / TT 

 

The climate threatThe storm "Hans" 

Late clearing of storm-felled forest receives criticism  

 

The Norwegian Forestry Agency must make an exception and allow forest felled by storm Hans to be cleared immediately. This is what the organization Norra skog believes, reports TV4 Nyheterna.  

 

According to the Forest Protection Act, the application for felling must be made six weeks before the work can begin. But the faster the storm-felled forest is taken care of, the more timber can be saved, says Norra skog, which represents many forest owners. 

 

However, according to Joel Reisek, supervisory specialist at the Norwegian Forestry Agency, it is important that the rules are followed.  

 

- We need to know that the necessary considerations are taken and that we do not cause unnecessary damage to the environment, he says. 

 

Emergency services rescue a baby in the monsoon-hit state of Himachal Pradesh. AP 

 

India's monsoon season  

Over 70 dead after monsoon rains in India  

 

At least 72 people have died after monsoon rains hit areas of northern India in the past week, according to authorities, ABC News reports.  

 

Rescuers in the mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh have been working in challenging weather conditions to rescue people buried under mud and debris. The India Meteorological Institute has put the state on high alert. 

 

- Over 2,000 have been rescued but buildings and roads destroyed by this year's monsoon rains will take a year to rebuild, says the state's Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to The Indian Express.