Lightning strikes batter western Canada

By Moira Warburton
Updated July 3 2021 - 8:43am, first published 8:37am
The town of Lytton was destroyed by fire this week after breaking Canada's heat record.
The town of Lytton was destroyed by fire this week after breaking Canada's heat record.

Lightning strikes in western Canada in the past two days have soared nearly tenfold from the same time a year ago, triggered in part by a record-breaking heat wave, meteorologists say, warning of more strikes at the weekend that could further stoke forest fires fanned by high winds.

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