Over 120 mln Americans across dozen states under air quality alerts due to Canadian wildfire smoke

LOS ANGELES, June 30: Over 120 million people across more than a dozen U.S. states from the Midwest to the East Coast are under air quality alerts as of Thursday, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to sweep across the country. Canada is seeing its worst fire season on re

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Wildfire smoke shrouds Toronto in Canada

CANADA, June 7: Wildfire smoke shrouds Toronto, Canada, on June 6, 2023. Environment Canada issued a special air quality statement for Toronto on Tuesday after the smoke from forest fires in Quebec and northeastern Ontario arrived in Toronto. Poor air quality may persist through most of this week. (Photo by Zou Zheng

Gaps in wildfire smoke warning network leave people exposed

Huge gaps between air quality sensors in the western U.S. have created blind spots in the warning system for wildfire smoke plumes sweeping North America this summer, amid growing concern over potential health impacts to millions of people exposed to the pollution.

Nepal is going up in smoke

For the third straight day, air quality over Nepal has been at hazardous levels. In Pokhara, the smoke obliterated a view of the other side of the lake. Photo: BHUSHAN TULADHAR here were already indications in December that the wildfire season in the Himalaya was starting early. There had been no rain for three months, […]