Canada Wildfire – Footage Compilation: Extreme Haze and Health Warnings Across U.S. East
Ongoing Canadian wildfires have prompted air quality alerts across the Northeast, with New York City topping the list of the world's worst air pollution. USA Today reports that more than 400 wildfires are burning across Canada, with smoke and unhealthy air quality levels blanketing much of the Great Lakes region and parts of the Northeastern United States.
Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing Canadian wildfires prompts the National Weather Service to issue air quality alerts all over the Northeast.
The massive smoke plume choking the northeast U.S. is what climate change looks like https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/the-massive-smoke-plume-choking-the-northeast-u-s-is-what-climate-change-looks-like
Amazed by how wavy/ extreme this jet stream structure is. Record warm oceans, developing El Nino, Typhoon Mawar wave breaking, climate change ice melt & uneven heating of the Arctic vs mid-latitudes. Excess energy = extremes. And we ain't seen nothing yet. 1/ pic.twitter.com/HQTbx6b6Y6
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) June 6, 2023
New York City topped the list of the world’s worst air pollution Tuesday morning as harmful smoke wafted south from more than a hundred wildfires burning in Quebec.
The Statue of Liberty is covered in haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada, in New York. Photo by @alfiky_amr pic.twitter.com/tgzfuxB4Qa
— corinne_perkins (@corinne_perkins) June 7, 2023
Smoke from Canada’s fires has periodically engulfed the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic for more than a week, raising concerns over the harms of persistent poor air quality. New York City’s air quality index peaked above 150 on Tuesday, according to IQair – a level of pollution that is “unhealthy” for sensitive groups like the elderly, young children and those with respiratory issues.
Due to hundreds of uncontrolled wildfires across Canada, New York City looks like a post-apocalyptic hellscape.
— Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) June 7, 2023
If you want a prelude of what the world is going to look like if we do not address man-made climate change — this is it. #ActOnClimate pic.twitter.com/cimHQkDwkZ
USA Today: Canada is on fire. On Tuesday there were more than 400 wildfires burning across the country, 238 of them out-of-control. Smoke and unhealthy air quality levels from the conflagration have blanketed multiple Canadian provinces, much of the Great Lakes region and parts of the northeastern United States.
While forest fires are a natural part of the ecosystem of Canada’s boreal forests, the size, ferocity and number of fires this year is decidedly abnormal. Most of the country is expected to be under high to extreme risk for much of the wildfire season, which stretches from May to September.
“Climate change is real and having a huge impact on Canadians right now with forest fires burning across the country,” tweeted Catherine McKenna, Canada’s former climate minister.
Smoke from hundreds of climate-intensified fires currently burning out of control across Canada is covering much of North America. It's insanity that Biden is still expanding fossil fuels instead of declaring a climate emergency. Climate damage is effectively irreversible. pic.twitter.com/UeQ3KZ0FMw
— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) June 7, 2023
European Commission: Smoke from forest fires can linger in the atmosphere for a couple of weeks as it spreads. While in the air the smoke particles chemically react with trace radicals – molecules with unpaired electrons – to undergo a process known as oxidation. This converts the compounds in the smoke particles into highly reactive compounds. When they are breathed in, these reactive compounds – known as free radicals – can damage cells and tissues in the body.
The skies are entirely shrouded over in Washington D.C. from Canadian wildfire smoke; @MatthewCappucci can taste and smell it: pic.twitter.com/xnCPqhvpFx
— MyRadar Weather (@MyRadarWX) June 7, 2023
‘We know that breathing in smoke when you are close to a fire is not good, but we have seen that over time it gets worse – up to four times more toxic a day down the road,’ said Prof. Nenes, referring to some of their experiment results. These results showed smoke samples taken from the air more than five hours after they were released from a fire were twice as toxic than when they were first released and as they aged further in the laboratory the toxicity increased to four times the original levels.
‘This means that even if you are far away from a fire, if the smoke is being blown towards you, it can have a significant impact on health,’ he said. ‘People might not even be aware they are breathing in the fumes from a faraway forest fire, but it will be affecting their health.’
1. New York, 2023
— Edgar McGregor (@edgarrmcgregor) June 8, 2023
2. San Francisco, 2020
3. Los Angeles, 2020
4. Sydney, 2019
In the past 4 years alone, each city has experienced it's worst day of wildfire smoke in recorded history.
The Earth is on fire. Our negligence is killing our planet. We must change our ways. pic.twitter.com/x7pcmwkttc
Today New York City hit record-breaking Air Quality Index (AQI) levels due to Canadian wildfire smoke. We know this is what the climate crisis looks like, and, this crisis is all too familiar in other parts of the world. pic.twitter.com/mDdOXkVP1n
— Sierra Club (@SierraClub) June 7, 2023
Extreme and prolonged hot and dry conditions in Canada are setting records and making it effortless for wildfires to rage.
— Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) June 7, 2023
Canada was at the epicenter of the most significant heat anomaly on the planet in May. pic.twitter.com/YlvtOvihwP
Wildfire smoke is hitting a lot of places that haven’t felt it before. What’s going on? Persistent hot and dry conditions are fanning the flames of Canadian wildfires. So far this spring, wildfires in Canada have scorched an area more than ten times larger than average. pic.twitter.com/7Nx66wshqP
— NASA Climate (@NASAClimate) June 7, 2023
I don't even want to imagine the horror inside these wildfires in Canada if this is NYC 💔 pic.twitter.com/qCrYDz5556
— Reem ♍️🦌🌱 (@darkphoenix8309) June 7, 2023
BREAKING: Philadelphia now has the worst air quality in any major city in the world as smoke from wildfires in Canada is moving through the region. https://t.co/cjEL3Q5WXR
— CBS Philadelphia (@CBSPhiladelphia) June 8, 2023
BBC: Canada wildfires: Millions advised to mask up due to intense smoke https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65828469
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