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In the Canadian province of Alberta, 80,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the Fort McMurray area, where a wildfire has burned 1,600 buildings and more than 10,000 hectares (about 24,700 acres). The cause of the fire is unknown, but "very high temperatures, low relative humidities and some strong winds" are said to favor its spread.
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80,000 Evacuated Ahead of Alberta Fire
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(Score: 2) by dry on Friday May 06 2016, @06:31AM
The last few years have seen quite heavy fire seasons through out the west though this is really early, it's still early spring up there with the dry grass from last year and no leaving out on the trees yet. Northern BC has also had a half dozen communities on evacuation watch or evacuated and we can't even send help to Alberta due to needing it here.
Couple of years back Calgary got hit with a big flood again and before that Slave lake (smallish town) half burned.
Luckily the population is so sparse that the fires usually don't come close to populated areas.
As for earthquakes, the west coast is due for a 9+, which will really be a disaster.