Weather News

WINNIPEG — Ash and embers rained down on the northwestern Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids when an out-of-control wildfire entered the community Wednesday evening resulting in the damage of one home and several abandoned buildings.

SOUNI, Cyprus (AP) — Aircraft from Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Spain were on their way Thursday to help battle a huge wildfire in Cyprus that has claimed the lives of two people.

The Transportation Safety Board says a number of factors could have led to a fatal helicopter crash in British Columbia last year but it makes no final finding of the cause.

TORONTO — A heat warning in the Greater Toronto Area and other parts of southern Ontario had workers and residents looking for ways to keep cool on Thursday, as temperatures were expected to reach up to 35 C.

JASPER, ALTA. — Kimberley Stark has a scavenger hunt planned for her three kids on the plot of land in Jasper, Alta., where they used to crawl, play and sleep.

REGINA — Saskatchewan is set to get help from Ottawa as dozens of wildfires burn in the province.

JASPER, ALTA. — When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town.

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people earlier this month .

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — At least 10 firefighters and rescue workers were killed Wednesday and many others injured while battling a wildfire in northwestern Turkey , Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said.

VADO, N.M.