Portions of the mid-Atlantic region, from Michigan to New Jersey, on Tuesday, were also found to have the ideal dry conditions for their own wildfires, raising the possibility of new blazes in the U.S. Looking further, alarming air quality levels can be found in a wide-ranging number of cities, including Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Outside Canada, the worst effects of the smoke were felt in Western and Central New York, home to cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Binghamton, and Syracuse. Some 30,000 people were ordered to leave their homes over the past three days, as nearly 100 fires flared across the province-including 27 out of control. Canada struggled on May 8, 2023, to control wildfires that have forced thousands to flee, halted oil production and razed towns, with the western province of Alberta calling for federal help. On Tuesday, Capital Weather Gang, a weather observation Twitter account operated by the Washington Post, shared an infographic map with air quality levels across a large chunk of the Eastern U.S., with levels getting worse the nearer a place was to the epicenter of the fires, and with unusually poor levels being reported in several states, including New York, Michigan, Minnesota, and most of New England.Ī burnt landscape caused by wildfires is pictured near Entrance, Wild Hay area, Alberta, Canada, on May 10, 2023.
In Quebec, roughly 150 fires are still active, forcing the evacuation of around 14,000 residents and sending massive amounts of smoke south into the U.S. More than 6.7 million acres have already been burned across the country, particularly in eastern provinces like Quebec and Nova Scotia. According to a new map circulating online, several major cities are now facing extraordinary air quality issues.Įxacerbated by climate change and record seasonal heat, Canada is currently experiencing one of the worst starts on record to its yearly wildfire season.
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A large swath of the Eastern United States looked " like California at the peak of fire season" Tuesday, as a series of wildfires in Quebec sent plumes of smoke into the atmosphere.
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