North Carolina and Georgia reported higher concentrations of smoke in new places. Read more at straitstimes.com.
has reached new areas in the South, including in North Carolina and Georgia, that had mostly escaped the toxic drift blowing in from the fires in June, officials said.
In July, the vast plume has wafted in from fires in Canada’s north-west, smothering the skies and raising warnings about the impact on health. In Greensboro, a reading of the air quality index was in the range of 152 in early Tuesday, and in Atlanta, the index measured 150 by noon, both unhealthy levels.
In Georgia, smoke infiltrated the sky over more communities in Atlanta and along the border with Tennessee, and for the first time in Athens, said Mr Jim Boylan, the chief of the air protection branch at Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division.That data was based on readings of particulate matter from seven monitors: five around Atlanta, one in Rossville and one in Athens, he said. All were Code Orange on the air quality index, which means unhealthy for sensitive groups.
“The weather pattern is perfect for sending it further south,” he said. “The last time it kind of touched us. But this time it is aimed directly at us.”
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