2014 Northwest Territories fires

2014 forest fire season in Northwest Territories September 2013 January 2024 y October 2018 2014 Northwest Territories Fires Ashes on car 03.JPG Ashes from the fires on the hood of a car in Yellowknife Northwest Territories, Canada $44.37 million (2014 USD) Summer 2014 Lightning, human error 3,500,000 ha on Unknown Unknown The 2014 forest fire season in the Northwest Territories of Canada is reputed to be the second worst for at least three decades, only surpassed by the 2023 forest fire season.Worst forest fires in 30 years cost N.W.T. $55M As of 3 July, there had been 123 fires reported in the territory, of which at least 92 were still active and 13 were thought to be human-caused. By 9 July the total had reached 164 firesNews - Cool, rainy conditions to help relieve fire crews across the Northwest Territories - The Weather Network and on 10 July over 130 fires were thought to be burning. The smoke generated by the fires was blown into the Prairie Provinces and created a moderate health risk there leading Environment Canada to declare an air quality advisory for southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba on 9 July. The smoke reached as far away as Bismarck, North Dakota, over 2000 km on south.N.W.T. wildfires: Hospital staff seeing more lung complaints - North - CBC News The smoke was also observed drifting north into NunavutSmoke in Nunavut, Northwest Territories and east to the Maritime Provinces and as far as Portugal.Massive smoke clouds from Canadian wildfires are up to 15 km high and visible all the way to Portugal National Post https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/massive-smoke-clouds-from-canadian-wildfires-are-up-to-15-km-high-and-visible-all-the-way-to-portugal By July 8 the largest fires were the Lutselk'e fire at 31000 ha on and the Gamèti-Wekweeti fire at 25000 ha on. By 9 July an area of 5000 km2 on had been consumed, about the size of the island of Trinidad.N.W.T. fires: Gameti, Wekweeti not in immediate danger - North - CBC News As of 18 September 2014, the Government of the Northwest Territories estimated that 3,500,000 ha on of forest had been burnt and that the fire fighting cost C$55 million (US$44.37 million). One study suggested that a record number of lightning ignitions during 2014 drove a significant amount of the fires.Veraverbeke Sander Rogers Brendan M. Goulden Mike L. Jandt Randi R. Miller Charles E. Wiggins Elizabeth B. Randerson James T. Lightning as a major driver of recent large fire years in North American boreal forests Nature Climate Change 7 7 2017 529–534 1758-678X 10.1038/nclimate3329 2017NatCC...7..529V 1871.1/f0235d45-ab17-490b-94d4-e2735377e60f free The Northwest Territories complex emitted 164 teragrams of carbon (TgC). yes center 600 300 2014 Northwest Territories fires - test.map 63 -116 5 Perimeters of 2014 Northwest Territories fires (map data) See also List of fires in Canada References 2 Northwest Territories fires Northwest Territories fires Category:2010s wildfires in Canada Category:Disasters in the Northwest Territories Category:Natural disasters in the Northwest Territories Fires