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2009 Tropical Storm Ondoy

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“They shouted ‘rescue’ just to escape and get food.’”

Jenifer Fabre, Malabon, Philippines

2017 British Columbia Wildfires

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“We know that no matter what we have each other.”

Racine Jeff, Williams Lake, Canada

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“It’s like you could feel moss growing on your teeth.”

Dian Brooks, Princeton, Canada

2023 Hay River/ K’átł’odeeche/Kakisa fire

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“I heard a voice saying, ‘Remember Job.'”

Genevieve Clarke, Enterprise, Canada

2009 Tropical Storm Ondoy

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“When the flood subsided, blessings began coming in.”

Medina Librando Sta. Ana, Marikina , Philippines

A portrait of Jordi Williams wearing glasses, a black jacket and grey hat.

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“We almost rescued a crocodile.”

Jordi Williams, Chilliwack, Canada

Michele Feist stnads in front of her new yellow house in Williams Lake

2021 Lytton Creek Fire

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“I knew in the back of my head somewhere that Lytton was gone.”

Michele Feist, Lytton, Canada

2021 Lytton Creek Fire

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“It looked like this animal, a fire beast, just arms of fire going forward.”

Micha Kingston, Lytton, Canada

2021 Lytton Creek Fire

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“We looked into the eyes of the beast.”

Ken Pite, Lytton, Canada

2013 Super Typhoon Yolanda

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“I saw bloated bodies of people on the sidewalk.”

Vicente Mate, Tacloban, Philippines

2020 Typhoon Ulysses

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“Sometimes there were snakes in the water.”

John Gabriel Georlin, Bacolod, Philippines

2009 Tropical Storm Ondoy

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“They shouted ‘rescue’ just to escape and get food.’”

Jenifer Fabre, Malabon, Philippines

2017 British Columbia Wildfires

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“We know that no matter what we have each other.”

Racine Jeff, Williams Lake, Canada

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“It’s like you could feel moss growing on your teeth.”

Dian Brooks, Princeton, Canada

Williams Lake Wildfire survivor, Billie Sheridan.

2017 British Columbia Wildfires

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“You’re leaving your life behind.”

Billie Sheridan, Williams Lake, Canada

2021 Lytton Creek Fire

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“It’s like somebody took a chalkboard eraser and erased my life.”

Maggie Lord, Lytton, Canada

Rochelle Rupert stands outside in the snow.

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“It sounded like driving through the deepest puddle you’ve ever driven through.”

Rochelle Rupert, Merritt, Canada

Patsy Geesey sits on a stump that resulted from a tree burning in 2022.

2021 Lytton Creek Fire

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“I’m not afraid of the fire.”

Patsy Gessey, Lytton, Canada

Tricia Thorpe standing on her property with three of her white dogs. Mountains in the background.

2021 Lytton Creek Fire

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“There’s no looking back. Your past is wiped out.”

Tricia Thorpe, Lytton, Canada

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“I’m still going through it”

Donna Rae, Merritt, Canada

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“Thirty seconds of this violence.”

Wanda Turner, Chilliwack, Canada

Portrait of Cory Spitters with his chickens

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“You can’t stop because of a setback like that.”

Corry Spitters, Sumas Prairie, Canada

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“There was nothing we could do.”

Jeff and Cheryl Morrow, Langford, Canada

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“The heat wave validated a lot of my fears about climate change”

Jasna Rowse, Langley, Canada

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“It’s like cutting off a lifeline.”

Cyndie Anderson, Mission, Canada

Extreme Windstorms

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“Home doesn’t feel safe right now.”

Hannah Seaton, North Vancouver, Canada

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“I felt weak and I wanted to go home.”

Kristen De Jager, Langley, Canada

2010 Hurricane Igor

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“It was apocalyptic.”

Leslie Amminson, St. John's, Canada

2021 British Columbia Wildfires

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“There wasn’t really any escape from it.”

Seth Forward

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“The heat was just so dense and thick.”

Sophie Thomas, Nanaimo, Canada

2017 British Columbia Wildfires

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“I don’t know how many fires we can avoid.”

Kaitlyn Nightingale, Summerland, Canada

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“It just had shown up overnight.”

Sarah Suleman, Victoria, Canada

2013 Southern Alberta Floods

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“I couldn’t imagine it going back to normal.”

Ashlee Levy, Okotoks, Canada

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“I can’t just press pause… I have to go through this.”

Claudia Culley, Clearwater, Canada

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“Oh my God this isn’t normal.”

Abby Luciano, Vancouver, Canada

2015 Coastal Erosion

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“It feels like you’re being eaten, slowly eaten away at the edges.”

Jordan Kovacs, Otres, Cambodia

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“You can’t ignore it, because you’re in it.”

Julie Chapman, East Vancouver, Canada

2021 British Columbia Wildfires

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“In order to survive, you have to be a dreamer.”

Suzanne Kilroy/Huculak, East Vancouver, Canada

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“It was hard for anybody to take care of themselves”

DJ O’Brien, East Vancouver, Canada

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“I was losing it just because of the heat.”

Mike McNeely, East Vancouver, Canada

2021 British Columbia Wildfires

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“I pray for them that they all get their lives back.”

Peter Thompson, East Vancouver, Canada

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“When you’re so used to disaster in your life, you learn to go with the flow”

Yvonne Mark, East Vancouver, Canada

2009 Tropical Storm Ondoy

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“This isn’t just an issue of climate change but of climate justice.”

James Ortega, Marikina, Philippines

A photo of Shoshauna Routley standing in a grassy field wearing a beige baseball cap and quilted jacket.

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“Where is the water coming from?”

Shoshauna Routley, Abbotsford, Canada

A photo of Alison Arends wearing a plaid coat and glasses in front of a barn of cows and looking off into the distance.

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“It was the most important thing I’ve ever done in my lifetime.”

Alison Arends, Sumas Prairie, Canada

A photo of Brian Mirea wearing a black coat in a very dark room, his face half in shadow.

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“It was just water everywhere for miles and miles.”

Brian Mirea, Abbotsford, Canada

A photo of Ryan Kehler in a plaid shirt and green knit hat.

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“We were locked in there for four days.”

Ryan Kehler, Harrison Hot Springs, Canada

A photo of Mikaela Robinson wearing a black puffer jacket.

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“Twenty-four hours without any food or water.”

Mikaela Robinson, Hope, Canada

2021 Western North American Heat Wave

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“My generation could have stopped this.”

Sandy Ibrahim, Victoria, Canada

A photo of Tosh Sherkat in front of a large rock wearing glasses and a bright plaid shirt.

2021 Southern British Columbia Floods

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“We’re just throwing bolts into the rock and crushing plants.”

Tosh Sherkat, Victoria, Canada

2017 British Columbia Wildfires

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“That was when climate change started to really kind of feel a little bit more real.”

Gage Smith, Chilliwack, Canada