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Author: Jordan Omstead
Publication Date: August 20, 2025 - 16:03
Canada’s severe drought is a sign of future climate conditions and calls for action, experts say
August 20, 2025
Canada must prepare for more seasons marked by severe drought, experts say as this summer’s bone-dry conditions tormented farmers, strained municipal water supply and fuelled one of the worst wildfire seasons on record.
Seventy-one per cent of the country was either abnormally dry or under drought conditions as of the end of July, according to the federal government’s drought monitor released last week.
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