Canadian wildfires prompt New York air quality alert

[SouthBayDem]

Source: BBC

An air quality health advisory has been issued for New York City and its surrounding areas because of smoke from wildfires in Canada.

In a post on X, New York state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Department of Health (DOH) issued the advisory for Long Island, New York City Metro, Lower Hudson Valley, Upper Hudson Valley, and the Adirondacks on Saturday.

Authorities are warning air quality in those regions is "unhealthy for sensitive groups".

Wildfires in Canada have forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, and the smoke drifting over the border has sparked air quality concerns across the northern United States.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jplmvlj02o

[ancianita]

1. Such awful news, because the Northeast & NY border Ontario & Quebec provinces, while

Manitoba and Saskatchewan are so far west of the Great Lakes and directly above MT and ND.

There must be some heavy winds carrying all that smoke eastward. How much more terrible it must be for the 30,000 Canadians who've had to be evacuated from those provinces.

[BobTheSubgenius]

2. I don't know how we are going to get ANYTHING done.

We have almost 10,000,000 square km to rake and groom. How will anything else get done?