Canadian Wildfire Update

 

Wildfire Updates: Smoke Pushes Air Quality to 

Dangerous Levels for Millions

Dense smoke from Canadian wildfires is choking a vast stretch of the Northeast and 
Upper Midwest. Officials encouraged residents, including in New York, to stay indoors.

Here’s the latest.

Officials and health experts expressed growing concern on Thursday about dangerously 

poor air quality across much of the northeastern United States and southern Canada, 

as a cloud of dense smoke from scores of raging wildfires darkened skies and irritated 

throats from the Great Lakes to New England.

Residents of some of the region’s most populated cities were urged to stay indoors or, 

if they did go out, to avoid spending too much time in the polluted air. And as the 

wildfires continued to burn, sensors that monitor the air quality index for millions 

of people recorded figures sometimes nearly twice as high as what is considered 

hazardous.

Screenshots from NYT article:  https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/16/weather/canada-wildfire-smoke-air-quality#heres-the-latest

* Air quality: Air is considered hazardous when the quality index — which measures the density of five pollutants — tops 300. On Thursday, Toledo, Milwaukee and Detroit were among the places with A.Q.I. levels over 500. Read more ›

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what in the world are they burning?