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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Dani Anguiano

Surviving the smoke-pocalypse 101: Californians offer advice to New Yorkers

An airplane takes off from LaGuardia airport with buildings in Manhattan skyline in the background.
An airplane takes off from LaGuardia airport with buildings in Manhattan skyline in the background. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

It was a sight all too familiar to Californians: orange skies and thick smoke blanketing the sky, emitting the eerily out-of-place smell of a campfire.

But this time the scenes were in New York City, as smoke from more than 400 wildfires darkened the famous skyline and gave the US its worst day of air pollution in recent history.

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