Canada wildfires prompt US air quality alerts About 150 wildfires are burning across northern Alberta and British Columbia in western Canada, pouring wildfire smoke across western Canada that is being carried south into parts of the northern U.S. by the upper-level winds. Smoke from ...
- The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued an air quality advisory for Thursday and Friday because of wildfire smoke that is expected to be visible in parts of the region. The smoke is coming from the McFarland, Monument and River Complex fires further north in California...
Smoke from the wildfires raging in Canada in 2023 have affected parts of the U.S. and even traveled across the Atlantic to Europe. Here is the expected forecast for the smoke.
OAKLAND, Calif.-An air quality advisory issued in the Bay Area for Thursday because of smoke coming into the region from wildfires further north is being extended through Friday, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
ravaging an area twice the size ofPortugal. The resulting smoke and carbon emissions traveled to theUnited States, turning the skies overNew York Cityorange and causing citizens to don face masks due to the horrible air quality (see alsoair quality index); the smokeemanatingfrom Canada caused ...
Smoke blankets the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton on May 20, 2023. (Paige Parsons/CBC) How AQHI works (and doesn't) Canada's Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is based on three different pollutants: ozone, nitrogen oxide and particulate matter (PM2.5)...
The National Weather Service said winds were continuing to bring smoke from the fires into the U.S. on Saturday, causing "moderate" to "unhealthy" air quality across the U.S. Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley and Midwest. For many areas, however, that marked improvements from earlier in...
NEW YORK, PHILLY, WASHINGTON SMOTHERED IN ‘UNHEALTHY’ AIR Tourists walk on the National Mall as smoke from wildfires in Canada cause hazy conditions in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2023. (SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images) About 200 miles north of the Big Apple, wildfire smoke fromCanadabla...
Millions across the US and Canada continue to remain at risk of inhaling potentially harmful air as wildfire smoke originating Canada wildfires shrouds major US cities.
The smoke from the Canadian wildfires reached the U.S. and negatively affected the air quality in several states. The goal of this paper is to document the U.S. air quality in 2023 within the historical and regulatory contexts; more specifically, to compare the concentrations of fine ...