The White House has postponed the Pride celebration set to take place on the South Lawn on Thursday due to the unhealthy air quality. The largest-ever White House Pride celebration will now take place on Saturda
Poor air quality and reduced visibility are expected at times in Manitoba's southeastern corner — including Winnipeg — a large portion of the Interlake region, as well as western and northeastern parts of the province, according to the special air quality statement...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires caused decreasedair qualityin the central and northeastern U.S. this week — as seen in maps and satellite images that show the large-scale impact of the blazes. The National Weather Service said winds were continuing to bring smoke from the fires into the U.S....
Smoke reaching the northeastern United States from Canada in 2023 from firesraging in western Canadahas mostly arrived at fairly high altitudes. But since the fires in Quebec are relatively close to the northeast U.S., a much larger proportion of the smoke arrived in surface-level air. Around ...
The article focuses on the air pollution caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires affecting several cities in the northeastern U.S. leading to unhealthy levels of particulate matter and reduced visibility. Topics include the impact of Canadian wildfires on air quality; the record-setting levels of ...
Where can I see where the smoke is now? A good provider of real-time updates about the smoke in the northeastern U.S. is the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ...
Earlier this summer, winds rotating around a stationary, low-pressure system hovering over the eastern provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, known as the Canadian Maritimes, were directing smoke from the wildfires toward the northeastern U.S., Matt Sitkowski, the scienc...
Skies cleared in Toronto but Environment Canada issued air quality statements for parts of northeastern Ontario, including North Bay, Sudbury and Timmins, as well as parts of western Quebec. "Those places are still under smoke from the forest fires," said Gerald Cheng, a ...
exists in the northern half of Alberta, where officials reported nearly90 active fires burningas of Monday afternoon. There are also wildfires burning in northeastern British Columbia, northern Saskatchewan, and the N.W.T., all of which ...
Smoke created cooler conditions in Oregon too, but it was also blamed for making the dirtiest air in at least 35 years in some places. The air quality index reading Saturday morning in Salem, the state capital, was 512. The scale normally goes from zero to 500. ...