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Courtney Travis

Wildfires In Canada Bring Smoky Skies To Great Lakes And Northeast

Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the skyline on July 25, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. The smoke has the city ranked fourth for the worst air quality in the world today. (SCOTT OLSON/GETTY IMAGES) 

After a brief interlude, smoky skies have returned to portions of the Great Lakes and the Northeast. AccuWeather meteorologists say that the wildfires in central Canada are to blame for this bout of smoke, but this time the impacts are likely to be short-lived.

Many across the Midwest and the Northeast awoke Tuesday morning to a sight that has been all too familiar this summer: an orange-red sun hovering in a milky white sky.

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