Air quality could reach unhealthy levels in western and central New York on Wednesday into Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
and across the Mid-Atlantic starting Wednesday, just weeks after the blazes blanketed the region in a polluted haze.
While the potential intensity of the pollution wasn’t clear yet, Hochul said the smoke would start affecting New York City by Thursday.The state Department of Environmental Conservation said in a tweet that New Yorkers should be prepared for “possible elevated levels of fine particulate pollution caused by smoke on Wednesday June 28th”.
“If you want to know the effects of climate change, you’re going to feel it tomorrow in real time,” Ms Hochul said. “We are truly the first generation to feel the real effects of climate change, and we’re also the last generation to do anything meaningful about it.” “It’s pretty bad in Chicago,” said Mr Bryan Jackson, a forecaster with the US Weather Prediction Center. The city’s mayor, Mr Brandon Johnson, said residents should consider wearing masks and limit outdoor activity.
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