Canada's Alberta braces for more wildfires as volatile weather worsens


Smoke rises from a wildfire in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada May 5, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Twitter @hellohildy/via REUTERS

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's main oil-producing province of Alberta is bracing for another hot and dry weekend, with warnings of more intense wildfires after a week of volatile weather forced thousands to evacuate homes and shuttered energy production.

Special alerts have been declared across western Canada, where officials have urged vigilance as temperatures in some areas are forecast to hit 30° Celsius (86°F), or 10 to 15 degrees more than usual.

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