2021 Western North America heat wave The village of Lytton, British Columbia, is evacuated after a wildfire destroys 90% of the village amid an unprecedented heat wave caused by a rare "heat dome" event over the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. The village recently recorded Canada's highest ever temperature of 49.6 C. Canada Lytton: Heatwave record village overwhelmingly burned in wildfire © BBC News Sources: BBC News
