Burned to the Ground: the Canadian village incinerated by record temperatures
by Martin Glegg, Matt Dix, Jess Gormley Lindsay Poult from Environment | The Guardian on (#6C3AP)
The small village of Lytton in British Columbia hit the global media when it smashed Canada's highest temperature record in June 2021, at 49.6C. Two days later, a wildfire burned the entire village to the ground. In the ashes of their homes, this cohesive but diverse community, which includes a majority of First Nations people, had to confront the realities of climate displacement by being relocated away from their ancestral lands. Through the stories of three residents we find a community searching for answers while relying on a collective spirit to heal
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