Canadian wildfiresare causingpoor air qualityacrossparts of the U.S., posing a health danger to millions of people. Experts say the air is especially harmful for more vulnerable populations, including older people and those with lung or heart issues. The best thing to do to protect yourself?
The Canadian Forest Service also delivered new wildfire intelligence tactical mapping products to provinces and territories, and in 2023 the U.S. Department of Defense deployed FireGuard, a new high-tech fire detection system, to hel...
Smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada continues to drift south, causing dangerous conditions. Senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe and Weill Cornell Medical professor Dr. Jay Varma discuss the worsening conditions.
(AP) - Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. The effects of hundreds of wildfires burning across thewestern provinces to Queb...
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
The prospect of cost is also a tricky piece of this for me to wrap my head around. It’s in the public interest to prevent wildfires that will end up producing greenhouse-gas emissions, not to mention endangering human lives. But who’s going to pay for that?
If a forest fire or any other emergency should arise, it's critical to have an emergency plan for the household, according to Dan Bedell, communications director for the Canadian Red Cross in Atlantic Canada. "It comes down to common sense and als...
Wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington are some of the biggest on record, and experts said a combination of factors could continue to make them more frequent. Scientists are discovering how fire management practices can not only prevent explosive megafires but also help curbclimate change. ...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — It was the first time that Canadian U.N. peacekeeper Michelle Angela Hamelin said she came up against the raw emotion of a people so exasperated with their country’s predicament.
the globe is getting hotter and creating stronger wildfires. This puts “more vigorous plumes of smoke, black carbon, and water vapor” into the air, said Mike Flannigan, director of the Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science at the University of Alberta, who spoke with YaleEnvironment...