Air Evacuations Begin In Yellowknife As Wildfire Threatens Thousands
Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories (AP) — Residents of the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories began fleeing an approaching wildfire in long convoys Thursday while air evacuations were underway for those who could not leave by road, the latest chapter in Canada's worst fire season on record. Hay River, Northwest Territories, fire evacuee Tanisha Edison, who is four days away from having a baby,...