Wildfires raging in the Northwest Territories have prompted an evacuation order for the entire capital city of Yellowknife, along with several other smaller communities.
There are more than 230 active fires in the territory, including three near the capital.
Here’s a closer look at what’s led to the wildfires, and how the North is becoming more susceptible to them as the climate changes.
Hot, dry and windy
The Northwest Territories, a vast expanse of boreal forest and tundra, are in the middle of an unusually dry summer that began with an unusually hot spring.
“It’s been dry and some of these fires have been burning
