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Are you sensitive to wildfire smoke? Canadian wildfires bring smoke to North Carolina
Code Yellow Air Quality or moderate level for particle pollution are forecast for Thursday and Friday. This may cause health symptoms for groups of people in the unusually sensitive category.
Canadian wildfire map: Smoke lingers in Vermont. When will air quality improve?
Smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada is lingering over the northern U.S., spreading across to roughly a dozen states from Wisconsin to Maine.
Most of Manitoba under air quality warning due to wildfire smoke
The north-central part of the Prairies remains under a series of air-quality warnings. Environment Canada says wildfire smoke is contributing to the region’s very poor air quality and could cause reduced visibility Wednesday.
One-two punch of wildfire smoke is wrecking air quality in the US
Air quality has taken a serious hit across the United States as a two-fold blow of wildfires in the West and in Canada have sent smoke pouring across large sections of the country — a problem that’s set to linger for days.
Wildfire Smoke Chokes Canada and U.S., Triggering Air Quality Alerts
Canada is battling more than 700 active wildfires across the country, roughly two-thirds of which are burning out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC). Smoke billowing from the blazes has blanketed central Canada and the northern U.S., prompting widespread air quality alerts.
Air quality maps show how Canadian wildfire smoke is affecting U.S.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires is causing air quality concerns for millions of Americans in the Midwest and Northeast.
Canada wildfires prompt air quality warnings for Upper Midwest, Northeast
Hundreds of wildfires still burning in Canada are expected to undermine air quality across the Upper Midwest and Northeast into Tuesday. At least 738 wildfires are currently burning in Canada, with at least 201 out of control,
Canada wildfires cause poor air quality in the midwest and northeast U.S.
Health officials from Minnesota to Maine have issued alerts warning of poor air quality from wildfires burning in Canada. People are advised to limit outdoor exposure.
Canada wildfire map: Smoke drifts to Northeast US. When will air clear?
With hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada, smoke has drifted into the northern United States, lowering air quality across roughly a dozen states.
Canadian wildfire smoke hangs over Midwest, Northeast US, causing poor air quality
Parts of the Midwest and Northeast are experiencing poor air quality Monday as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts into the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Monday in a social media post that “#Smoke from Canadian #wildfires is continuing to bring #AirQuality Alerts to parts of the Upper Midwest and Northeast today.
Manitoba’s Wab Kinew accuses group of Republicans of pitching ‘timber tantrum’ over wildfire smoke
Republican lawmakers called for an investigation of Canada’s wildfire management practices and for potential remedies under ...
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Summer not nearly over, but some wildfire-weary Thompson residents can’t wait for winter
For the first time in her 50-plus years in Thompson, Mayor Colleen Smook is hearing residents ask when winter is coming, even though there’s still plenty of summer left. Some wildfires in northern ...
What's all this wildfire smoke doing to your health? Here's what experts have to say
People who breathe air polluted with large amounts of wildfire smoke visit hospital emergency rooms more often for respiratory symptoms, according to a Canadian emergency room physician and chair of ...
This is why Michigan is seeing so much wildfire smoke
Wildfires continue to burn across a massive area in Canada, particularly in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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Fire risk still high across Manitoba as wildfire numbers grow
The risk of wildfires remains high or very high across most of Manitoba. Tuesday afternoon, the Manitoba Wildfire Service ...
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Wildfire smoke forecast has some good news for Michiganders
The satellite imagery shows the wildfire smoke as a fuzzy white look on the images. The wildfire smoke is thick just to ...
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Kinew accuses group of Republicans of pitching 'timber tantrum' over wildfire smoke
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew accused a group of Republicans of throwing a "timber tantrum" and playing "political games" after ...
Some rain — not a lot — on the way as northern Manitoba fire-threatened communities remain on edge
The mayor of Manitoba's largest northern community is looking forward to rain in the forecast for fire-threatened communities ...