Smoke has blanketed major cities in Ontario and Quebec, including Toronto and surrounding areas, reaching as far as New York and Connecticut
The whole of North America has been enveloped in a cloud of smoke, with the scenery looking eerie due to the forest fires that have broken out in Canada.
Smoke has blanketed major cities in Ontario and Quebec, including Toronto and surrounding areas as far as New York and Connecticut, with air quality described as “unhealthy”. In New York, pictures taken on Tuesday morning showed an orange haze blanketing the city’s skyline due to smoke from Canada that has traveled south. Famous monuments in New York like the Statue of Liberty can be seen with difficulty.
Apocalyptic Times Square as heavy Haze has been spreading across NYC from #CanadaWildfires
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— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) June 7, 2023
Environment Canada issued its strongest warning Tuesday about air quality in Ottawa and how it could affect citizens’ health. In Toronto and surrounding areas, air quality has been rated as “high risk”.
Public health officials have warned people not to exercise outdoors and to minimize their exposure to smoke, as the air poses immediate and long-term health risks.
Fires in Canada have already burned more than 3.3 million hectares of land. Thousands of people have evacuated their homes across the country, including in Quebec, where fires have burned about 200,000 hectares of land so far.
Federal officials warned Monday that this summer could bring Canada’s biggest wildfires yet, with dry and hot conditions forecast for much of the season.
Source :Skai
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