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Marina Dunbar

Flash flood warnings strike north-east US amid wildfire smoke from Canada

People under umbrellas and high rise buildings.
New York City on 16 March 2026. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Saturday is delivering a double dose of dangerous weather across the north-eastern US, with smoky skies from Canadian wildfires giving way to severe thunderstorms that have already triggered a flash flood warning as torrential rain pounds parts of the region.

After a brief break on Friday, smoke from the wildfires moved back into New York City and surrounding communities on Saturday, sending air quality back into unhealthy levels.

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