Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to set off air high quality alerts in U.S. states, with well being officers warning folks, particularly youngsters, the aged or these with respiratory circumstances, to restrict their time outdoor.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a floor cease Thursday on all flights certain for New York Metropolis’s LaGuardia Airport attributable to poor visibility. The Air High quality Index spiked to “hazardous” ranges in Philadelphia, the place everybody was urged to remain inside. And staff on the Nationwide Mall in Washington, D.C., have been inspired to cut back all out of doors actions.
Up to date forecast maps confirmed the lingering smoke slowly drifting south. And whereas circumstances are anticipated to enhance within the Northeast and Atlantic Coast on Thursday, they’re more likely to worsen in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit.
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