British Columbia has recent source-backed changes around Peekaboo island: the floating forest confounding nature watchers in western Canada and Fires grip western U.S., British Columbia.
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A 150-metre-long island appeared from nowhere on Williston Lake, British Columbia; vanished, then reappeared 20 miles away A thickly forested island appeared mysteriously on a western Canadian lake. Nearly 150 metres (500 feet) long and 75 metres (250 feet) wide, the land mass took local people and experts by surprise.
Nearly 100 large wildfires strained firefighting resources around the U.S. this weekend. The fire danger also exploded in Canada amid hot and dry conditions. Gwen Baumgardner reports, and Andrew Kozak has the forecast.
The Bald Range fire has burned more than 25,000 acres in British Columbia. At one point, the fire spread more than 2,000 acres in about an hour, officials said.
The Bald Range fire, which started on Friday, has burned more than 23,000 acres near the Districts of Summerland and Peachland in British Columbia, officials said.