Three days
in a row the Canadian heat record was broken in the town of Lytton with 46, 47
and 49C.
Apparently this is also a record for any place north of 50 degree latitude
worldwide. Disaster strikes on the 4th day when most of the town
burns down and inhabitants have only minutes to get out. Terrible to see this happen to a place we often visited on our Thompson paddle trips.
Meanwhile some Pemberton residents are evacuated because of flood risk. The unusual high temperatures cause much accelerated snow melt.
We had our own private record and measured 40oC at our place in South Burnaby - don't think it has ever been that hot in the almost almost 20 years we live here.
