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Global National: Aug. 21, 2023 | Damage becoming clearer from BC wildfires

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Several communities in British Columbia's Shuswap region are under threat from a sprawling wildfire that has already destroyed multiple homes. As Elissa Carpenter reports, residents in B.C.'s Interior are doing what they can to help each other, but the fire is shutting down some well-intended aid.

While emergency crews in B.C. are making progress fighting the wildfire threatening Kelowna, officials are beginning to assess the damage in West Kelowna. Richard Zussman looks at the severity of the structural losses and speaks with one evacuee who lost her home in the fire.

When Yellowknife residents were ordered to leave the city over a nearby wildfire, many evacuees took refuge in Behchokǫ̀, the nearest town by road to the capital of the Northwest Territories. But as Jeff Semple reports, the scramble to safety has separated families, leaving evacuees anxious and angry.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Prince Edward Island for a retreat with his revamped cabinet, as the federal Liberals face criticism for rising affordability and housing costs. Mackenzie Gray looks at the pressure on Trudeau to revamp the government's economic policies as his numbers in the polls continue to slump.

Cleanup is underway in southern California after tropical storm Hilary soaked several cities, being the first such weather system to hit the state in over eight decades. Jackson Proskow reports on California's deluge, the earthquake which shook Los Angeles soon afterwards and the unexpected upside of the record-breaking rainfall.

Plus, a cargo ship is making headlines not for what it's carrying, but how it's being powered. The boat has been retrofitted with massive sails, intended to lower the emissions and costs of such voyages. Mike Armstrong explains how the project is trying to help shipping clean up its act.

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