The US National Weather Service issues air quality alerts for virtually the entire Atlantic seaboard.
NEW YORK, USA – Schools across the US East Coast canceled outdoor activities, commercial airline traffic was slowed, and millions of Americans were urged to stay indoors on Wednesday, June 7, as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted south, blanketing cities in a thick yellowish haze.
New York’s world-famous skyline, usually visible for miles, appeared to vanish underneath the otherworldly veil of smoke, which some residents said made them feel unwell. New York Governor Kathy Hochul called the situation an “emergency crisis,” noting that the air pollution index for parts of her state were eight times above normal.
A Broadway matinee of “Prima Facie” was halted just 10 minutes into its performance after actress Jodie Comer experienced difficulty breathing due to poor air quality. At 12 pm EDT , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was experiencing the worst air-quality in the country, with an AQI reading of 410. Among major cities, New York had the worst air quality reading in the world on Wednesday afternoon at 342, about double the reading for chronically polluted cities such as Dubai and Delhi , according to IQAir.The smoke was wafting over the U.S. northern border from Canada, where hundreds of forest fires have scorched 9.
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