The Canadian government on Thursday unveiled a CAN$1.6 billion (US$1.2 billion) plan to help the country deal with the looming dangers of a warming world, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat. The so-called climate adaptation strategy will fund programs to help Canadians shield themselves from heat waves, protect coastlines from rising seas and safeguard infrastructure, including in the far north, which is facing the thaw of permafrost, officials said. Climate change is hitting all communities right across Canada,” Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair told a news conference from Prince Edward Island, a province hit hard by Hurricane Fiona in September. The storm -- said to be the costliest to hit Canada’s Atlantic coast -- was just a taste of what’s to come, according to the government, which forecasts annual costs of natural disasters in Canada to rise to Can$15.4 billion by 2030. Read more; https://www.google.com/amp/s/english.alarabiya.net/amp/News/world/2022/11/25/Canada-rolls-out-1-2-bln-plan-to-adapt-to-climate-change-