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Rainfall to Alleviate Wildfire That Blazed Canada Rockies
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Wildfire smoke over Jasper National Park on July 23.
Source: Alberta Wildfire via Anadolu
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Rainfall is expected to bring some relief to a fast-moving wildfire that ripped through the Rocky Mountain resort town of Jasper, destroying homes and businesses and threatening key infrastructure in the evacuated Alberta community.
The area saw cooler temperatures and 10 to 15mm (0.6 inches) of rainfall shortly after midnight local time, Jasper National Park said in an update on X, formerly Twitter. That should help keep fire activity low for the next 72 hours.