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Northwest Territories, Canada · Population 3,169
It's fire season. What's burning near town, what the air is like, whether the road out is moving — and whether the power is out at your place or the whole street.
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The live level and flow of the Hay River from the Water Survey of Canada gauge, with the spring break-up flood story and the official warning channel.
The live level of Great Slave Lake at Hay River from the Water Survey of Canada gauge — the working number for the barge docks and the fishery, and how the lake sits against the river mouth at break-up.
The wind chill right now and over the next three days, with the hours exposed skin is at risk — on Environment Canada's published scale, in plain words.
Today's sunrise, sunset and daylight length for Hay River, and how fast the days are growing or shrinking — worked out from the town's latitude.
The Hay River numbers worth keeping in your phone — power, water, health, the RCMP, crisis help, and where the official emergency alerts come from.
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2026WB24 — 91 kilometres southeast
across the wider region · 10 more active incidents in range.
The road out of Hay River is open.
1 roadwork or advisory
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US Air Quality Index (EPA) 31 · Hay River