Smoke from Canadian wildfires hits air quality across U.S. Midwest and Northeast

Canadian wildfire smoke is triggering air quality alerts across the U.S.

Canadian wildfire smoke is triggering air quality alerts across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast on Thursday, as the northern nation’s boreal forests continue to burn at a rate not seen except for a historic season in 2023.

Smoke from the fires, along with ozone from heat, raised air pollution levels in Minneapolis, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Washington, Philadelphia and New York, among other cities.

The fire season is off to a roaring start in Canada. So far, about 8.6 million acres have burned, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. With the end of fire season still three months away, the area burned is already well above Canada’s seasonal average, which since 1983 is about 6.5 million acres.

The pace of burning in Canada is on a similar trend to 2023, which was the worst year for smoke exposure in modern U.S. history. Fire experts in Canada are concerned that the season is staged for a reprise.

“Everyone is on pins and needles expecting a year as bad as 2023,” said Robert Gray, a Canadian wildfire ecologist based in Chilliwack, British Columbia. “The forecast for most of Canada is definitely above normal for temperatures and below normal for precipitation.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/smoke-canadian-wildfires-hits-air-quality-us-midwest-northeast-rcna212696


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