BC Wildfires: Early Drought, Record Applications

0:00It's April 28, Canada news today starts now, AI powered and ready. British Columbia's kicking off wildfire season with about two dozen blazes raging in the southern and central interior where drought has left the ground bone dry. The BC Wildfire Service reports 93 fires in April alone, with burned area just under the 10-year average, but record low snow and some, valleys as sparking fears of early grass fire spreading fast. Snowpack sits at 92% of normal province-wide, those spots on Vancouver Island, the South Coast, and southern interior are way lower, setting up potential water shortages. Metro Vancouver's hitting paws on all lawn watering to conserve reservoirs as hotter temps could melt snow too soon and cause overflows instead of. Refills find vary by municipality if you break it. Forecasters eye hotter than normal months ahead, with El Nino on deck, and a record 2,400 folks apply for 1,300. Firefighter spots,

1:01but May and June rains would aside if it's a rough ride or not. They're prepping hard just in case.