Canada, Wildfire
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An air quality advisory for Long Island is the result of smoke from Canada wildfires, New York State officials say.
Wildfires scorching several Canadian provinces have driven at least 33,400 people from their homes, with smoke now reaching all the way to Europe.
The fires’ consequences are not just being felt locally, but internationally. Smoke from the wildfires has drifted across the Atlantic Ocean, turning skies above the United Kingdom orange. The fires’ smoke may also be uniquely toxic due to the country’s heavily mined forests.
More than 200 wildfires are raging across Canada, sending a thick blanket of choking smoke through the U.S. Midwest. Experts says climate change means U.S. residents better get used to it.
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Forests burning in Canada, Mont-Blanc shrouded in smokeBlanc. This mountain, the highest peak in Western Europe, has become a collateral victim of forest fires in Canada! The smoke has crossed the Atlantic. The wildfire season is especially intense and early this year.
Right now, wildfires are raging across over 7 million acres of Western Canada’s boreal forest, a continuous blanket of conifers and growth that covers much of the country and is particularly susceptible to changes in the climate, like warmer temperatures and less snow or rain.
It’s still early in the season and Canadian wildfires have already burned 7.8 million acres, the yearly average in 7.3 million acres.