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Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season | Reuters

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Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season | Reuters

anada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season, officials said on Monday.

Blazes are burning in nearly all Canadian provinces and territories, and federal government officials said their modeling shows increased wildfire risk in most of Canada through August.

Air quality levels in parts of the U.S. plunge as Canada wildfires rage

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Air quality levels in parts of the U.S. plunge as Canada wildfires rage

Millions of people in the eastern United States faced unhealthy air quality conditions on Tuesday, as smoke from wildfires in eastern Canada wafts over much of the country.

An air quality advisory was in effect for several regions of New York state on Tuesday. Air monitoring stations on Tuesday afternoon in some parts of New York City showed measures considered unhealthy for anyone.

It marked the second day that hazy skies across a wide swath of the country. Smoke blanketed the landscape from the Ohio Valley to as far south as the Carolinas on Monday. Air quality advisories were in effect Monday in southeastern Minnesota and parts of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, as well as in more than 60 counties in Wisconsin on Monday.
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Canadian wildfires bring air quality alert, lower temperatures to Upstate NY – syracuse.com

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Canadian wildfires bring air quality alert, lower temperatures to Upstate NY – syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Wildfires in Quebec could make it hard to some people to breathe today in most of Upstate New York.

The state has issued an air quality alert for virtually all of Upstate through 11:59 p.m. today. The alert is for fine particulates that can cause eye and nose irritation, and can burrow deep into the lungs, causing shortness of breath in people prone to breathing problems.

People with heart or lung conditions should avoid strenuous activity outdoors and stay indoors, the state health department said.

More than 10,000 coastal Quebec residents were evacuated over the weekend as the fires raged. Wildfires have burned across Canada since last month, from the western provinces to the Atlantic maritime province of Nova Scotia, destroying about 10,000 square miles of forest and grassland.