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Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Wafts Over New York City

Officials warned young children and those with respiratory illnesses to take precautions. For weeks, smoke from Canadian wildfires has been drifting across the border.

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New York City’s Air Quality Falls Among World’s Worst As Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets Northeast

New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley will all experience air quality within the 101-150 range on the air quality index Sunday, the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation forecasted—meaning the air could contain fine particles and could be “unhealthy for sensitive groups.”

BBC on MSN · 6d

Canadian wildfires prompt New York air quality alert

The air quality index (AQI) is predicted to be above 100 in much of New York state on Saturday, and could reach 135. Alerts are also in place for parts of New England. The AQI measures the severity of pollution in the air and categorises health risks. The higher the number, the more unsafe the air is to breathe.

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Canadian wildfires sending smoke to the U.S. But what about New York City?

Canadian wildfires are resulting in smoky conditions in parts of the U.S. one year after smoke filled New York City. This file photo from June 7, 2023, shows the sun with an eerie glow as ...

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New Yorkers hunker down indoors as Canadian wildfire smoke smothers city

People wear protective masks as the Roosevelt Island Tram crosses the East River while haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires shroud the Manhattan skyline in the Queens borough of New York ...

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New York Becomes World’s Most Polluted City As Canadian Wildfires ...

Aside from New York, the cities of Detroit and Toronto have also seen their air quality levels plummet. Earlier this week, Canadian officials said 26,000 people across the country had been ...

Officials issue warning as smoke from raging Canadian wildfires impacts millions of Americans: 'Definitely take it easy'

The residents of New York City were among the more than 132 million people in the country experiencing what the National ...

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