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For the New York and its surrounding areas, an air quality consultative counseling was issued from the smoke smoke in Canada.
In a report on X, the Department of Environmental Environment, New York (DEC) and the Health Department (DOH) spoke with the Long -Aylendo, New York subway, the lower Hadson Valley, the Upper Hadson valleys and the ADIRDAKS on Saturday.
Authorities warn air quality in these regions “unhealthy for sensitive groups”.
Fires in Canada forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, and the smoke that drifts over the border caused air quality problems across the northern US.
Supposedly, the air quality index (AQI) will be above 100 in most of the New York state on Saturday and can reach 135. Alerts also exist for new England parts.
AQI measures the severity of contamination in the air and classifies health risks. The higher the number, the more dangerous the air breathes.
This is not the first time US authorities issued air quality alerts from the smoke from Canadian fires.
In mid -July, a similar warning was issued in Chicago, with additional precautions advised by children and the elderly.
The political consequences of the smoke of forest fires also reached Washington.
Earlier in July, six Congress members wrote in the Canadian ambassador, complaining that smoke from forest fires had aggravated Americans to enjoy the summer.
Currently, there are more than 550 active fires in Canada, and the most concentrated in Manitoba province, the authorities reported. Last year, 6.1 million hectares (15 million hectares) were burned across the country.
May and June were particularly devastating in Western Canada, with approximately 30,000 people forced to evacuate in the provinces of Saskatchewan and monitob, where local administrations declared a state of emergency.
Scientists have consistently linked the enhanced seasons of forest fires with climate change.
Canada is It is assumed to be warmed by twice as much as the average rateAnd its Arctic regions are heated almost three times more than the world rate, scientists have warned.
