Weatherhood B.C.

Longtime residents of Port Alberni, B.C., know the potential impact of a tsunami all too well. Mike Ruttan was 12 when the town on Vancouver Island was hit with massive waves triggered by 9.2-magnitude earthquake that struck Alaska on March 27, 1964.

British Columbia had the luxury of time as emergency officials watched a potential tsunami roll across the Pacific Ocean after a massive earthquake near Russia. But the province's emergency management minister says it's a reminder that B.C.

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Millions of people were told to move away from the shore or seek high ground because they were potentially in the path of the tsunami waves.

The fire was first discovered early Tuesday evening.

British Columbia has experienced a relatively quiet wildfire season so far, but provincial officials are warning that a stretch of intense heat could reverse that trend.

HONOLULU (AP) — A major hurricane was churning across the Pacific Ocean but was several hundred miles south-southeast of Hawaii and posed no threat to the islands, forecasters said Tuesday.

British Columbia's minister of forests says there were reports of ash falling from the sky last night in Lytton as fire crews battle a wildfire near the community that was devastated by a separate blaze in 2021.

Temperatures in parts of the British Columbia Interior are expected to reach 38 Celsius, with heat warnings activated across much of the region.

BEIJING (AP) — Almost a year's worth of rain caused flooding and landslides that washed away cars, forced evacuations and knocked out power around the Chinese capital, killing at least 38 people by Tuesday and rescue and relief work continued.