Alberta wildfire - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

When did the Alberta wildfire happen? 1st May 2016 What was the fire nicknamed? The beast How many residents of Fort mcmurray were evacuated? 90,000 How many homes and businesses were destroyed? 2400 How many direct deaths and injuries were there? None How much forest was burnt? Roughly 600,000 ha of land (size of norfolk) Where was it ignited? In a remote area to the south west of Fort mcmurray Why did the fire change direction? Initially...

When did the fire get controlled by? July 5, 2016 When did the fire fully finish? August 2, 2017 How much did the fire cost in insurance? $3.7 billion How many residents were evacuated? 90,000 How much of the city was saved from greater damage? 90% Was the wildfire predicted well? No, people evacuated areas that had already been hit by the wildfire because the fires movement was so unpredictable Where did the fire spread? Across the Northern Alber...

Includes wildfire information for Alberta and Yarnell Hill.

This is a heavily detailed case study of the Alberta Wildfires. It appears in the Hazards topic of AQA A-level Geography. This document provides lots of extra contextual information which can help reach an A* grade. There is a large mass of information and example questions and answers.

Detailed notes of all theories in the Hazards topic of AQA A-level geography, organised in order of the syllabus. All theory is also supported with examples and contextual information. The required case studies are; Volcanic Eruption - Eyjafjallajökull Iceland 2010 Earthquake - Nepal April 2015 Storm Hazards - Hurricane Sandy October 2012 (HIC) & Typhoon Haiyan November 2013 (LIC) Wildfire - The Alberta Wildfire, Canada, 2016 Muti-hazard case study - Philippines Local-scale case study...

This document is a local case study of a hazard as required by the AQA A-level Geography syllabus. It's located in Fort McMurray, Canada and studies the Alberta wildfire hazard.

An in depth case study about the 2016 Wildfire of Alberta, California. This is needed for anyone who is studying A Level Geography with AQA