Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Canada Wildfires Cause Smoky Skies and Spark Air-quality Alerts in North-East US

THE GUARDIAN: Hazy skies hung over north-eastern US a day after the midwest received a similar alert from the Environmental Protection Agency

The sun is shrouded as it rises in a hazy, smoky sky behind the Empire State Building in New York City on 6 June. Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. Wind has carried smoke from the fires southward, triggering air-quality alerts throughout the United States.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday issued a poor air-quality alert for New England, a day after parts of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota received a similar advisory. Last week, US officials as far south as Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania reported being affected by the wildfires. » | Associated Press | Wednesday, June 7, 2023

From British Columbia to Nova Scotia, Wildfires Spread Across Canada: Hundreds of wildfires are burning nationwide, expanding a sense of unease in the country as thick smoke billowed over Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. »

Tracking the Smoke From the Canadian Fires »

Wildfires Are Intensifying. Here’s How to Protect Your Health.: Wildfire smoke is “like tobacco smoke without the nicotine,” one expert said. Here are some ways to keep yourself — and your family — healthy. »

EN FRANÇAIS :

Feux au Canada : le Québec, dernière victime des incendies hors norme qui ravagent le pays : Le pays connaît une saison intense de feux de forêts. Selon le gouvernement fédéral, 2 214 incendies ont consumé environ 3,3 millions d’hectares ces dernières semaines. Au total, 120 000 personnes ont déjà été forcées de quitter leur domicile et 26 200 autres sont en cours d’évacuation. »

A New York, les incendies canadiens rendent l’air irrespirable : L’indice de qualité de l’air ne cesse de se dégrader dans la mégapole américaine, où il est conseillé de ne pas sortir et d’utiliser des masques. »