Smoke from fires in Canada covered one third of the US – impressive images

The huge fires in Canada They have also influenced the US with tobacco traveling miles away and covering many states.

Tobacco from fires raging in three Canada provinces covered about one third of the US today (04.06.2025), meteorologists announced, however The impact is small in air quality With the exception of New England and parts of the state of New York and the Middle Ages.

The fog, which caused dangerous levels of air pollution in Minnesota yesterday (03.06.2025), extends from Dakota through the Ohio Valley to the northeast states and south to Georgia, according to the US Forecasting Center in. Was particularly dense in New York and New England.

“Much of the tobacco is hovering in the higher atmosphere, so in many areas there have been no air quality problems,” explained Mark Cennard, a US National Weather Service meteorologist. “But there are problems in New York and Contetik where it is thicker and is found in the lower atmosphere.”

Over 212 active outbreaks

Large forest fires have been raging in Canada since early May. More than 212 active outbreaks burned in the country yesterday afternoon, half of which uncontrollably, according to the Canadian Center for Forest Fire. So far, 20 million acres have been burned.

Yang Liu, an Environmental Health Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, said infants, Elderly and people with health problems are at risk more than tobacco, However, he stressed that everyone is at risk. “It will affect every person to some extent, in every area of ​​life,” he said. “The situation is bad.”

One of the worst points for air quality in the northeast states this morning was Williamstone, in Massachusetts, near the state’s border with Vermond and New York. Recorded a ‘very unhealthy’ measurementat 228, according to IQAIR, a site that monitors air quality worldwide.

A air quality measurement below 50 is considered “good” and the measurements between 100 and 300 are considered “unhealthy” to “very unhealthy”, while higher are considered “dangerous”, according to the site.