Roughly 17,000 residents in the Canadian province of Manitoba have been evacuated because of nearly two dozen active wildfires, officials said Saturday. More than 5,000 of those are from Flin Flon, where there is no rain in the immediate forecast.

Manitoba declared a state of emergency and urged thousands of people in northern and eastern parts of the province to evacuate on Wednesday, as wildfires spread in Central and Western Canada. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said at a news conference that 17,

A strong jump in tariff-driven exports fueled Canada’s growth at the start of this year, offsetting domestic weakness in other parts of the economy.

Canada's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, data showed on Friday, primarily driven by exports as companies in the United States rushed to stockpile Canadian goods before President Donald Trump's tariffs were implemented.

OTTAWA—Canada’s economy picked up the pace of growth in the first three months of the year as businesses braced for the disruption of a bruising trade war with the U.S., though domestic activity weakened and hints at what lies in store in the new tariff era.

With 174 active wildfires burning across Canada, several U.S. states are under air quality alerts due to the traveling smoke from these flames.

Wildfire smoke from Canada is expected to move over the U.S., and maps and satellite imagery show the large-scale impact of the blazes.

Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada have led to air quality alerts for 22 million people in states across the Midwest. It comes as severe storms hit the Southeast on Friday with a devastating tornado in Kentucky.