More than 80 million people from the Midwest to the East Coast are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts to the US. Follow the latest updates here.
Canada has officially marked its worst fire season on record — and the smoke has reached EuropeA soldier of the 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group views a wildfire from a Canadian Forces helicopter surveying the area near Mistissini, Quebec, Canada, on June 12. Cpl.
As a result of the unprecedented start to the wildfire season, this year has become the worst fire season on record, surpassing the previous benchmark set in 1989 for the total area burned. In 1989, at least 18,254,317 acres were burned in the country,New York City The smoke that has made its way into Europe has done so via the jet stream – strong winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. This means the smoke will not lead to dramatically worse surface air quality like the Northeast US experienced a few weeks ago.
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