Smoke from wildfires burning in western Canada is making a return to the U.S., with air quality alerts issued for communities in the Upper Midwest to start the weekend.
Smoke from wildfires burning in western Canada is making a return to the US, with air quality alerts issued for communities in the Upper Midwest to start the weekend., but the positions of weather systems over the next few days will help usher in a new round of smoke that could impact Montana, the Dakotas, Minnesota and reach as far south as Nebraska and Iowa.
The AQI ranges from 0 to 500, with smaller values indicating cleaner air and any reading above 300 being hazardous. The wildfires have caused air quality alerts issued for communities in the Upper Midwest to start this weekend.Air quality readings reached hazardous levels in Philadelphia, New York and other communities downwind of fires burning in Quebec.
An unusually dry start to the year and a significant heat wave has led to more than 3,400 fires across Canada, according to a government dashboard.Wildfire smoke clouds the skyline on June 28, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.Haze from the wildfires was seen down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis towards St. Paul on June 29, 2023.Firefighters from around a dozen countries are working to try to help contain the blazes in what has been deemed the country’s worst fire season on record.
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