All of New York City was under an air quality alert on Tuesday because of the smoke. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - A smoky haze floated over a wide swathe of the northern United States on Tuesday from Canada, where hundreds of wildfires were blazing, triggering air quality alerts from Minnesota to Massachusetts.
In eastern Canada, Quebec was most affected by wildfires as of early Tuesday afternoon, with more than 150 active blazes across the area, according to the fire agency. “The images that we have seen so far this season are some of the most severe ever witnessed in Canada,” Mr Blair said. Bands of smoke from the wildfires shifted southwards across the border on Tuesday, creating hazy skies and prompting the US National Weather Service to issue air quality alerts for parts of the upper Great Lakes and the North-east.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York said on Twitter that New Yorkers with heart or breathing issues should limit their time outside “to the absolute necessities”.Similar alerts were issued for parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont. Satellite images of North America on Tuesday showed light brown smoke streaming south from the fires. The smoke appeared to be particularly thick over portions of Quebec, Ontario and New York. Hazy conditions could also reach as far south as the Carolinas.
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