Wildfire engulfs village that set Canada’s all-time heat record
Fire
How the score is calculated
The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.
- Affected people
- 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
- Deaths
- 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
- Displaced people
- 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
- Casualties
- 100 or more: +8
- Story wording
- +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.
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In brief
- What happenedOne day after it set Canada’s all-time heat record, a British Columbia village was devoured by flames.
- How many affectedAffected persons: 250 · Displaced persons: 250 · Deaths: 486
- What help is neededResponse priorities should be confirmed in the linked source reports as needs change.
What changed
First retained snapshot
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Situation
One day after it set Canada’s all-time heat record, a British Columbia village was devoured by flames. A fast-moving wildfire roared over the village of Lytton on Wednesday evening, which shocked climate scientists when temperature there surged to 121 degrees on Tuesday, breaking Canada’s national heat record for a thi
WorldsAid verification
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Verified figures
- Affected persons
- 250 retained at 2021-07-01
- Displaced persons
- 250 retained at 2021-07-01
- Deaths
- 486 retained at 2021-07-01
What we knew when
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