Wildfires are blazing across multiple regions in Canada, with burned areas expanding to 77,000 square kilometers while up to 257 fires are now spiraling out of control.The wildfire smoke now has enveloped many big cities in North America, making the
Smoke caused by the fires burning in the eastern Quebec and Ontario provinces sent a haze across the border into New York and several other U.S. states last year, worsening air quality and causing issues for people sensitive to pollution....
(NEW YORK) — Wildfires burning in Canada have prompted hazardous air pollution conditions in the U.S. this week, as smoke moves South and lingers over much of the Northeast. While wildfires in California and other western states have prompted air quality warnings in the past, seeing them on...
Many of the 436 wildfires raging right now, according to the latest numbers from\nCanada's Wildland Fire Information Systems, ignited either before or in the very earliest days of what's\nnormally a busy season for Canadian fires.Brian K Sullivan...
Wildfires can be normal and healthy parts of an ecosystem, but today's fires can burn into unnatural infernos, producing unhealthy smoke that adversely impacts people's health hundreds of miles away. Different regions, at different times of year, will have a variety of influences stoking flames...
Intense smoke blanketed the northeastern United States for a second day Wednesday, turning the air a yellowish gray and prompting warnings for people to stay inside and keep windows closed. The smoke is flowing from dozens of wildfires burning in several
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The eastern, French-speaking province of Quebec — where a series of fires last year released smoke that darkened the skies over New York — currently has 74 fires burning. Natural Resources Canada is showing extreme fire danger in northern Quebec, but only low to moderate danger in most of ...
As the smoke lifts on the worst wildfire season ever recorded in Canada, some question whether the country has the fleet of aerial water bombers it needs keep up with longer, more intense seasons fuelled by climate change. A Canadair waterbomber drops a load of water over...