Air Quality Alerts are in place for nearly 110 million people as smoke from the Canadian wildfires returns through Monday evening.
smoke moved into the Ohio Valley on Sunday. This impacted major cities, such as Indianapolis, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; and Cleveland, Ohio. Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to make its way into New York City and other parts of the U.S. Briella Tomassetti with FOX 5 New York joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow with a look at conditions in the Big Apple.
Air quality alerts were issued from Montana to Vermont as the smoke continued to filter into more parts of the U.S. as upper-level winds will continue to drift the smoke east, but the smoke will continue to track into the Northeast. The FOX Forecast Center noted that there are no indications that plumes of smoke will let up anytime soon. The source of the smoke, Canadian wildfires, continue to burn out of control. This will be especially prevalent when storm systems move through, as northerly winds will help to transport the smoke south. The number of forest fires continues to rise in Canada, climbing this week to more than 670 blazes – more than half of which are still out of control.
As a long and difficult summer lies ahead, Canadian fire officials said 23.9 million acres have already gone up in smoke across the country this year. That is equal to about the size ofSmoke from wildfires in June , which made for hazy skies and reduced visibilities. Air quality readings reached hazardous levels in Philadelphia, New York and other communities downwind of fires burning in Quebec.
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