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Rainfall set to help crews battling wildfire near Canada's Fort McMurray
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Smoke rises on the south side of the Athabasca River valley near Fort McMurray, on May 10 [Alberta Wildfire/Handout via Reuters] Experts have said the climate crisis is largely responsible for the record-setting conflagrations. Higher temperatures have extended the Canadian wildfire season, which typically runs from the end of April until September or October. It has also increased lightning, which is generally the cause of about half of all the blazes in the country.
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