Canada's Quebec province, hit hard by wildfires that have ravaged the country, eagerly awaited on Wednesday the arrival of reinforcements from abroad to help beat back blazes that are overwhelming its firefighting capacity.
After major flare-ups in western Canada last month, firefighting efforts recently shifted to Nova Scotia on the Atlantic coast, before moving this week to Quebec, which is now the epicentre of the crisis.
But Quebec's Premier Francois Legault said that no significant rain is forecast before Monday evening, and raised concerns about a shortage of resources.Quebec has deployed hundreds of firefighters, with help expected from France and the United States in the coming days. Canada has been hit repeatedly by extreme weather in recent years, the intensity and frequency of which have increased due to global warming.
That figure is expected to rise as thousands more were ordered to leave their homes in Quebec by the end of the day.
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