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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Affects 109 Million Americans, Air Quality Plunges

Canadian Wildfire Smoke Affects 109 Million Americans, Air Quality Plunges
Thick smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketing a US city skyline
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However, scientists warn that smoke plumes are forecasted to travel eastwards across the North Atlantic, potentially reaching Europe.

Organizers of the World Cup final in East Rutherford, New Jersey, are monitoring conditions closely.

An approaching storm system could bring severe thunderstorms that interact with the pollution, dragging elevated smoke down to ground level during rainfall.

Forecasters expect conditions to improve after the storm passes late on Saturday.

Canada's largest active blaze near Ontario's remote Wabakimi provincial park has scorched 787,802 acres, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center.

This massive fire is one of 194 out-of-control blazes documented across the country.

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service reported that smoke plumes from the Northwest Territories have reached as far as the Arctic Ocean.

Nearly 6 million acres have burned across Canada during this cycle, though this remains less than a quarter of the land destroyed during the 2023 wildfire crisis.

Domestic fires are also contributing to the haze, with blazes in northern Minnesota burning over 63,000 acres, alongside active wildfires in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

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Tens of thousands of lightning strikes across the Pacific Northwest have ignited dozens of new wildfires in Oregon and Washington.

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Author: Johan Robert
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