President Biden has spoken with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada to offer federal support. High temperatures and dry conditions, along with lightning, ignited the province’s fires, which swelled over the weekend and floated south across the border with the windflow.
The smoke blanketing the region stems from Canada, which has had an explosive start to its wildfire season with nearly 400 active blazes scorching forests around the country, about 150 of which are in the eastern province of Quebec. Residents in New Jersey and Pennsylvania - where hazardous conditions hit record levels in some areas overnight - battled another day of bad air, though dangerous conditions were dropping off throughout the day as the smoke drifted south. The Belmont Stakes, a major horse racing event on Long Island, could be canceled this weekend if air quality levels creep back up above 200, Hochul said. Kathy Hochul said that approximately 1 million N95-style masks would be made available at state-owned facilities.
Officials were urging residents to stay indoors, noting the conditions could change rapidly.
By Thursday afternoon, counties across New York had dropped to unhealthy levels below 200 - still above normal, but better than previous days. 1 for the world’s most polluted city as indexes climbed above 400, residents woke up to hazy skies again, but air quality levels across the state appeared to improve. In New York City, which for several days running ranked No. The Washington Nationals postponed their game Thursday against the Arizona Diamondbacks to June 22, the team said on Twitter. Eastern on Thursday and residents shared photos of a gloomy, apocalyptic capital early, the White House postponed its Pride event, which was expected to draw thousands of people, on the South Lawn on Thursday night to Saturday. In Washington, D.C., where the air quality level was 273 as of 1 p.m. School field trips and outdoor recess were canceled for millions of students in affected states as concerns lingered about when the smoke would lift. Residents, particularly the most vulnerable, were urged to stay indoors others were advised to wear high-quality, N95 masks outside, an unwelcome reminder of those frightening and uncertain days of the COVID pandemic.įlights were temporarily grounded or facing major delays at critical transportation hubs, including in Philadelphia and New York City, because of low visibility.
The hazy, polluted skies and campfire smells have rattled residents across parts of the country where the threat from wildfires is uncharted territory. Th e smoke billowing across the border led officials in several states across the Great Lakes region and the Ohio Valley stretching to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to extend air quality warnings until midnight Thursday. continue to be blanketed in a thick haze of smoke from hundreds of forest fires burning in Canada, with Thursday marking the third day of unhealthy and hazardous air quality conditions that have snarled air traffic, forced the cancellation of events and prompted numerous health advisories.
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