BURSTCanadian wildfire smoke is reaching the northeastern part of the United States, with multiple National Weather Service (NWS) offices saying they are experiencing issues with the smoke.
One NWS office in New York City in a post on social platform X showed photos of a hazy sky.
“The haze is from smoke high up in the atmosphere from Canadian Wildfires,” the New York City office added in its post.
The Associated Press reported that thousands of Canadians have fled their homes due to recent fires in the country.
A map on a Canadian government website showed widespread swaths of harmful air pollutants known as particulate matter 2.5 across parts of North America.
“Wind patterns are forecasted to transport plumes of smoke from these fires across much of New England and New Hampshire,” the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services said in a press release Tuesday, talking about Canadian wildfires.
“In addition to the health effects, these smoke plumes also diffract light causing a hazy appearance in the sky and reduced visibility of distant objects. The smoke may even be noticeable by smell during hours of higher concentration,” the department added.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney weighed in Wednesday in a post on X, thanking “the first responders and volunteers who’ve been working to keep everyone impacted safe."