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For the second consecutive day, the Northeast of the United States woke up with damage to the dense layer of smoke caused by forest fires in Canada.
🔥 This is one of the biggest wildfires raging in #Canada 🇨🇦 The Donnie Creek fire in British Columbia. It has burned more than 2,400 km², making it one of the largest recorded in the history of the province.
📹: @BCGovFireInfo pic.twitter.com/1exk9fXQVK
— 𝑪𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒂35 (@Centinela_35) June 7, 2023
Videos shared by users and media on social networks showed the orange-tinged “apocalyptic panorama” that invaded several cities including New York.
Where does the smoke that covers the New York sky come from?
From the forests of Canada.
In this video you can see the magnitude of the forest fire. pic.twitter.com/QRZJbOBSqc– Diego Sacchi (@sac_diego) June 8, 2023
Despite the fact that the skies over New York City woke up clearer this Thursday, June 8, compared to yesterday, Wednesday, The authorities continue with the maximum alert due to high contamination.
It looks like Blade Runner but it’s actually New York at this time, while the smoke from massive fires in Canada devastates the city and emergency care measures are demanded for the inhabitants pic.twitter.com/pNCdQuc5Qa— NowThis Spanish (@NowThisEspanol) June 8, 2023
The state governor, Kathy Hochul, specified that the emergency also remains in force in other regions such as Long Island, the southern Hudson River Valley, as well as the central and eastern regions.
Quebec burns and the smoke reaches the neighboring United States
The effects of the more than 150 fires in Canada reach New York, where the authorities issued alerts for poor air quality.
Ottawa awaits the arrival of international reinforcements to fight the fire. /pl pic.twitter.com/V0ebSFK1N4— DW Español (@dw_espanol) June 8, 2023
The effects caused by the more than 400 fires in Canada, He also arrived this morning at the US Capitol in Washington DC.
The air quality indices in the US capital exceeded 310 and reached level 6 or “dangerous”, according to the Air Quality Index (AQI).
#International 1/2 Catastrophe! Forest fires consume Canada. At least 140 fires are devastating the Canadian province of Quebec, something that is already affecting air quality in Canada and the northeastern United States. pic.twitter.com/KShQaho81k— EDN TV HN (@EDNTVHN) June 8, 2023
For its part, the National Meteorological Service asked citizens to stay in their homes due to the poor air quality.
“Stay inside, stay informed, minimize the use of vehicles and other gasoline-powered machines, and do not burn waste or other items,” the agency said.
New York now 👇🏼 the smoke is coming from fires in Canada due to a drought.
It looks like a horror movie but it is the world we are living in. The climate crisis is not a matter of the future and this should not be our normal. pic.twitter.com/53x2K97rEN— Nicki Becker (@nickibecker_) June 8, 2023
other US regions that were affected They are Philadelphia, Harrisburg, in Pennsylvania, as well as large cities such as Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati or Indianapolis.
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