Smoke from Canadian fires is pouring into the U.S. and could linger for days

Smoke from wildfires in Canada is moving into parts of the central U.S. and could linger in the days ahead, health and weather officials warn.

Smoke from wildfires in Canada is moving into parts of the central U.S. and could linger in the days ahead, health and weather officials warned Thursday.

Canada has had an especially active start to the fire season. Last week, devastating wildfires in Alberta had burned more than 150 times more area in that province than in the last five years combined by the same point in the year, CNN has reported. Wildfire smoke “is beginning to move into the Lincoln and Omaha metro areas,” the service’s Omaha office said Thursday afternoon. “Visibility should drop to 1-2 miles within the next couple of hours and air quality will go into the unhealthy range for sensitive groups.”

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