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Forest Fires, Floods, Droughts: the Urgency of Predicting Them

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By Isabelle BURGUN. And in the future, there will be more and more of these extreme weather events. But do we do enough to predict these threats? "It's true, we need to improve the prediction to mitigate the impact of natural risks on our lives," says Philippe Gachon, professor of hydroclimateology at UQAM, who was co-organiser of the ACFAS symposium on natural risk management, held in early May in Montreal. "There is no doubt that we need to fo…

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Forest Fires, Floods, Droughts: the Urgency of Predicting Them

2023 and 2024 were not only marked by heat records in Canada. In 2023 alone, there were six times as many forests burned as the annual average. And in the future, there will be more and more of these extreme weather events. But do we do enough to predict these threats?

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