Schlegelmilch says people should treat poor air quality as an ongoing health concern rather than a one-off event, since extreme weather is only going to worsen in the future and even repeated exposure to low levels of poor air quality can have a cumulative negative impact on your health. "If you've got a red alert for air quality, it's probably not the time to go out and go for that jog or go for that run," he said, "because you're breathing in more air and you're breathing in more air more deeply." aSPUS4LU92- National Weather Service June 6, 2023
Make sure you aren’t doing yourself more harm than good. Before spending time outdoors, check the air quality forecast. The blazes have burned 3.3 million hectares - or more than 8 million acres.Īir quality has plummeted across much of the northeast as smoke from wildfires in Canada moves south. So far this year, there have been 2,214 wildfires across Canada, according to Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair. Canada is in the midst of an especially bad wildfire season "This is a scary time for a lot of people, not just in Alberta, but right across the country, including in the Atlantic, the North and Québec, too," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference on Monday. TCFkOJZOb0- NWS Mount Holly June 6, 2023Įarlier fires have also sent smoke into the neighboring U.S., and Canadian officials are warning that the country's wildfire situation may get worse as the summer wears on. Unfortunately, more smoke is on the way for tonight and Wednesday.
Where did all of this thick, heavy smoke across the Northeast come from? Raging wildfires in Quebec are generating large smoke plumes to the north and ALL of the smoke is being funneled right into the Northeast.
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