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Air quality: How to protect yourself from Canadian wildfire smoke

Americans have started masking again amid the wildfire smoke drifting across the Canadian border. Experts are weighing in on the effectiveness of the devices

Daily Mirror

The 'good fire': Prescribed burning can prevent catastrophic wildfires in the future

Roaring flames, burned-out houses and cars, hazy air and orange skies are all around us. Already this year, millions of hectares have been torched by more than 2,200 wildfires in Canada.

The Conversation

Smoke from Canadian wildfires to reach Norway

Allies from around the world have promised to increase their help to Canada in its fight against hundreds of blazes.

The New Daily

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Millions under hazy skies as Canadian wildfire smoke spreads

US pledges to send more help to Canada as wildfires prompt air quality warnings across large section of North America.

Al Jazeera

The toxic cloud upon us

The smog fallout downwind has set off air quality alerts for 13 states south of the Canadian border

Salon

Canadian wildfire smoke dims the vision of Earth-observing satellites (photos)

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has obscured the view of Earth-monitoring satellites like GOES-16 and the PlanetScope constellation.

Space

Video shows smoke engulf New York skyline in brownish haze amid wildfires

Wildfires raging in Canada have made New York skyscrapers barely visible

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Smoke from wildfires, a fact of life in the West, catch outdoor workers off guard in the East

The hazardous haze from Canada’s wildfires is taking its toll on outdoor workers along the Eastern U.S. who carried on with their daily jobs even as dystopian orange skies forced the cancelation of sports events, school field trips and Broadway plays

The Independent UK

Six fire crews battle to put out five-mile Fintry blaze amid summer wildfire warning

The blaze kicked off on Tuesday, with the smoke and flames spotted from miles away.

Daily Record

Canada battles hundreds of wildfires as smoke still chokes major cities

Quebec minister described ‘unprecedented’ situation amid warnings that country must be prepared in future

The Guardian - US

Warning to travellers flying to New York amid Canada wildfires

Smoke from the wildfires has spread across the US east coast causing flight delays

Manchester Evening News

‘Never experienced anything like this’: readers on Canada wildfires smoke and air pollution

From breathing in particles to wearing masks again, Guardian readers have told us how they have been affected by the wildfires smoke

The Guardian - US

Large wildfire rips into forest as it burns overnight

The fire and rescue service confirmed that the incident is still ongoing, and that the fire has been classed as a category 2 wildfire

Wales Online

First Thing: Millions under air quality alerts in US as Canada fire smoke drifts south

Eastern states including New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut issue alerts as hundreds of wildfires burn in Canada. Plus, will Trump’s once loyal deputy become his nemesis?

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Daily Mirror

Canada wildfires MAPPED as millions told to wear masks and avoid outdoors

Over the past six weeks, massive wildfires have spread across Canada, burning more than 3.3 million hectares of land - an area 12 times the 10-year average for this time of year

Evening Standard

Why is New York City’s air quality so bad?

Pollution from Canadian wildfires has made New York’s air quality the worst of any city in the world

Irish Mirror

Fire Brigade battle large gorse fires just outside of Galway city

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said gorse fires are banned between March 1 and September 1 to 'protect wildlife'

Daily Record

'Extreme' wildfire warning issued for most of Scotland as temperatures soar

The SFRS warned rural and remote communities are at particular risk, as firefighters continue tackling an inferno in Cannich which began on Sunday May 28.

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France to send dozens of firefighters to Canada to fight raging wildfires in Quebec

French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to send about a hundred firefighters to Quebec, Canada, to help in the effort to battle hundreds of uncontrolled forest fires that have forced evacuations and sent a blanket of smoky air across the United States’ east coast.

The New Daily

Millions of people forced indoors as wildfire haze smothers US cities

Major US cities including New York are choking under a dangerous blanket of smoke from hundreds of wildfires raging in Canada.

Al Jazeera

Canada’s record wildfires should be ‘wake-up call’, experts warn

Images of orange, hazy skies across Canada and parts of US fuel calls to tackle climate crisis making wildfires worse.

The Guardian - US

How to keep safe as wildfire smoke chokes eastern US skies

Exposure to smoke can trigger an array of health problems, experts say, but there are ways residents can stay safe

Space

Satellite photos show US East Coast engulfed by smoke from Canadian wildfires

The U.S. Northeast woke up to a "horribly smoky day" on Wednesday (June 7) as a low-pressure system funnels toxic smoke from wildfires in Canada across the Atlantic Coast.

Axios

Smoke from Canadian wildfires leads to record poor air quality in eastern U.S.

Air quality has plunged in the East and parts of the Midwest due to record-shattering Canadian fires.

The Guardian - US

Canada wildfires smoke: climate change ‘accelerated conditions’, says New York mayor as Canada battles more than 400 blazes – as it happened

Eric Adams remarks come as city briefly ranked world’s worst for air pollution; more firefighters to be mobilised as over 200 blazes are out of control

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