Detailed temporal profiles and correlations are presented.Highlights We report wildfire smoke from Canada impacting Whiteface Mt., NY on 31 May 2010. At WFM lodge (0.6 km amsl) extremely high PM2.5 mass, (150 μg m3) was recorded. The 24-h average PM2.5 mass was 68 μg m3or higher ...
The city with the worst air quality in the world was Jakarta, Indonesia, IQAir reported, followed by Lahore, Pakistan. Toronto, Canada came in third on the list, a sign that the smoke from the fires is having less of an impact in North America this weekend. The smoke is traveling along...
Most of Minnesota is under an air quality alert due to wildfire smoke from Canada. Minnesota's Pollution Control Agency issued the alert Sunday, which includes Minneapolis and Saint Paul. KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Some northern states are waking up to hazy skies Tuesday due to smoke fromwildfiresacros...
People with lung disease, such as asthma or heart disease, older adults, children, pregnant people and people who work outdoors are at higher risk of experiencing health effects caused by wildfire smoke, Environment Canada says. DON'T MISS: Best practices to keep...
UPDATE JUNE 2, 2023: Smoke from Bass River State Forest fire leads to air quality alerts in Delaware, New Jersey PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Smoke from theraging Tantallon wildfire burning in Nova Scotia, Canadahas led to an air quality alert in our region for sensitive gro...
Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The smoke has traveled into the United States, resulting in a number of air quality alerts issued since May. ...
Hundreds of wildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada are spewing dense smoke that is being carried hundreds to thousands of miles through the Plains and Midwest, into the Northeast.
Wildfires burning in Canada and the western United States are creating an expanding smoke plume that shrouded much of Wyoming in a haze Monday (August 2). In response, theNational Weather Servicehas issued anAir Quality Alertin effect through Tuesday afternoon. The cities of Cheyenne and Casper ...
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)....
Smokebillowed to the U.S., blanketing portions of the East Coast and Midwest. Last June, New York City's air quality became some of the worst in the world in June as Canada's wildfire smoke blew in. In 2023, Canada's severe weather caused over $3.1 billion in insured damages, offici...