Wildfires in Prairies affecting air quality across Canada
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Straight Arrow News on MSNSmoke won't stay north: How Canada's wildfires could impact the USThere's a haze in the sky across a large portion of the Midwest. The smoke coming from more than 210 fires burning in Canada, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center, on Friday, June 6.
Exposure to wildfire smoke — especially if it's heavy and over a long period of time — can cause adverse health effects in anybody, regardless of health status or age. But even mild wildfire exposure can significantly impact at-risk groups, such as people with chronic health conditions, seniors, young children and pregnant women.
Living in the Midwest means being affected by the Canadian wildfires that occur just about every year. Here is what to know about these wildfires and how they’re affecting the Midwest.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires is forecast to impact New York City on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. This image from Monday, June 2, 2025, shows a wildfire burning northeast of Summit Lake, British Columbia, Canada. (BC Wildfire Service/The Canadian Press via AP)
Smoke from raging wildfires in Canada is worsening air quality in some U.S. states. But will Greater Cincinnati be affected? Here's what we know.
Massive clouds of pollutants could collide in North Carolina this week and result in poor air quality conditions for millions. Smoke from more than 100 wildfires burning in Canada has drifted into the United States, according to AccuWeather. The smoke reached the U.S. on Tuesday and is expected to linger at least through the end of the week.