Photos show eerie hazy skylines, glowing sunrises across US from Canada wildfires

Canada wildfires lead to air-quality alerts in US

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires has worsened air quality and lowered temperatures in parts of the United States, producing views of eerie glowing sunrises and hazy, thick skylines.

On Tuesday, 238 out-of-control wildfires across Canada helped blanket multiple Canadian provinces, much of the Great Lakes region and parts of the northeastern U.S. Due to an area of low pressure that’s hovering offshore, along with an area of high pressure over Canada, a northerly flow of air was funneling the smoke south into the U.S. from Canada, AccuWeather said.

On Wednesday, the federal AirNow fire and smoke map listed air as “unhealthy” in areas up and down the East Coast and in parts of the Midwest, including New York, Ohio, Michigan, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and advised residents to “reduce activity or consider going indoors.”

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Most of Canada is expected to be under high to extreme risk for much of the wildfire season, which stretches from May to September.

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© Jacqueline Dormer, AP The Schuylkill County Courthouse is surrounded by smoke and haze from Canadian wildfires in Pottsville, Pa., on Tuesday evening, June 6, 2023. © Win McNamee, Getty Images ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JUNE 07: Hazy skies caused by Canadian wildfires blanket the monuments and skyline of Washington, DC on June 7, 2023 as seen from Arlington, Virginia. The Washington DC area is under a Code Orange air quality alert indicating unhealthy air for some members of the general public. © Sarah Stier, Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 06: General view of hazy conditions resulting from Canadian wildfires as Clarke Schmidt #36 of the New York Yankees pitches during the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium on June 06, 2023 in the Bronx borough of New York City. © Seth Wenig, AP The sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. © Spencer Platt, Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 06: A water taxi moves past the Statue of Liberty on a hazy morning resulting from Canadian wildfires on June 06, 2023 in New York City. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec causing air quality health alerts for New York State and parts of New England. © Tina MacIntyre-Yee / Staff Photographer Winton Road in Brighton on Wednesday. © ED JONES, AFP via Getty Images A child stands on the shore before the New York city skyline and east river shrouded in smoke, in Brooklyn on June 5, 2023. Smoke from the hundreds of wildfires blazing in eastern Canada has drifted south. Hundreds of wildfires were burning in Canada on June 6, 2023, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, as fires have broken out across the country in recent weeks. Quebec alone had more than 150 active blazes across the province, the fire agency said.

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© Spencer Platt, Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 06: Manhattan sits under a thick haze resulting from Canadian wildfires on June 06, 2023 in New York City. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec resulting in air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central New York and Western New York. © Spencer Platt, Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 06: The Manhattan skyline stands shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of Canadian wildfires on June 06, 2023 in New York City. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec resulting in air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central New York and Western New York. © Spencer Platt, Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 06: Manhattan is enveloped in a dense haze caused by wildfires in Canada on June 06, 2023 in New York City. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec resulting in air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central New York and Western New York. © Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com Yankee fans watch the game against the White Sox as a thick haze from the Canadian wildfires hover over The Bronx. Tuesday, June 6, 2023. © Spencer Platt, Getty Images Manhattan sits under a thick haze resulting from Canadian wildfires on June 06, 2023 in New York City. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec resulting in air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central New York and Western New York.