NEW YORK — The downpour and heavy humidity may be gone, but smoke from Canadian wildfires is again on the way to NYC and is pushing the air quality index into unhealthy territory.
On Monday morning, the index started to rise again slowly, ticking into the “moderate” levels. Winds from the south and west are pushing a smoke plume from wildfires in Western Canada towards New York. By Monday afternoon, the index in Central Park had reached 144, close to the upper limit of the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” level.
An air quality alert was issued for the entire state on Monday.
