Other countries are also helping.Ĭanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to President Joe Biden by phone on Wednesday. has sent more than 600 firefighters and equipment to Canada. More than 400 blazes burning across Canada have left 20,000 people displaced. So far, officials said Wednesday, New York City has yet to see an uptick in 911 calls related to respiratory issues and cardiac arrests. You don’t need to push the baby in the stroller,” Hochul said Wednesday night. “You don’t need to go out and take a walk. Kathy Hochul said the state was making a million N95 masks - the kind prevalent at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic - available at state facilities, including 400,000 in New York City. In suburban Philadelphia, officials set up an emergency shelter so people living outside can take refuge from the haze. In Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered schools to cancel outdoor recess, sports and field trips Thursday. The smoke has moved over Greenland and Iceland since June 1, and was expected to reach Norway on Thursday, the Norwegian Climate and Environmental Research Institute said, but wasn’t expected to be a health concern. Those vulnerable to poor air quality, including seniors and young children, should limit time outdoors if possible. But it’s really just going be all about the wind shift.”Īcross the eastern U.S., officials warned residents to stay inside and limit or avoid outdoor activities again Thursday, extending “Code Red” air quality alerts in some places for a third-straight day as forecasts showed winds continuing to push smoke-filled air south.Ĭheck out this almost unbelievable time-lapse of wildfire smoke consuming the World Trade Center and the New York City skyline. “Since the fires are raging - they’re really large - they’re probably going to continue for weeks. “Conditions are likely to remain unhealthy, at least until the wind direction changes or the fires get put out,” Ramsey said. National Weather Service meteorologist Bryan Ramsey said.
The weather system that’s driving the great Canadian-American smoke out - a low-pressure system over Maine and Nova Scotia - “will probably be hanging around at least for the next few days,” U.S.
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