‘I looked at the sky, something didn’t feel right. Then my buddy messaged: “I see open flame”’ – This is climate breakdown

This is Darcy Ruddy’s story

Location: Jasper, Canada

Disaster: Wildfire, 2024

Darcy Ruddy is the owner-operator of an excavation company in western Canada. Just before a wildfire swept through parts of his home town, Jasper, he was finishing work at a nearby luxury heliskiing lodge. Climate change made the higher temperatures the week before the fire and the day it ignited more likely.

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