NEW YORK: A smoky yellow haze generated by hundreds of Canadian wildfires hovered over a large swath of the United States on Thursday (Jun 8), threatening to make breathing difficult and disrupt air travel for millions of people until the weekend and beyond. The US National Weather Service extended air qua
NEW YORK: A smoky yellow haze generated by hundreds of Canadian wildfires hovered over a large swath of the United States on Thursday , threatening to make breathing difficult and disrupt air travel for millions of people until the weekend and beyond.
Advised to stay indoors, residents of New York, Washington and other big cities donned masks and rushed to buy air purifiers to protect themselves from the yellow haze that arrived in the region on Tuesday afternoon. Smoky conditions are likely to persist until Sunday when a new storm system shifts the direction of prevailing winds and brings a chance of rainfall in parts of the country nearing drought conditions, National Weather Service meteorologist Peter Mullinax said.
The US Air Quality Index measures five major pollutants, including particulate matter produced by fires. The higher the reading, the more polluted the air. Readings over 100 are classified as"unhealthy" while those exceeding 300 are"hazardous".Within the United States, the worst air was found in locations in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware, where some readings exceeded 300. Some suburbs of Baltimore and Philadelphia topped 400.
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