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The haze of smoke from Canadian wildfires that smothered New York and New England in dark clouds Tuesday night is expected to linger throughout the week, and intensify in some areas as officials urge residents to stay inside and schools cancel outdoor activity amid “unhealthy” and “hazardous” air quality levels.
Yankee Stadium was masked in a haze of smoke from wildfires in Canada Tuesday night.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday urged residents to stay inside amid “dangerously high levels of wildfire smoke,” after hazy skies swept through the city, engulfing it in a striking dark cloud and bringing the air quality index to 218, considered a “very unhealthy” level by the Environmental Protection Agency—poor air quality is expected to persist in New York City through Thursday.
Philadelphia’s Health Department recommended residents “avoid unnecessary exposure,” avoid going outside “as much as possible” and close windows and doors to prevent smoke from entering homes, after the effects of the smoke worsened Tuesday night.
The National Weather Service’s Detroit station also issued an air quality alert through Thursday throughout southeastern Michigan, warning the smoke will reach an “unhealthy range at times.”
The NWS also recommended residents in Baltimore limit outdoor time and for people with respiratory illnesses to wear masks, while lingering smoke in Buffalo could become “unhealthy” for residents and especially “sensitive groups.”
In Syracuse, New York, the EPA warned of elevated and “hazardous” health effects for all people in the city as the agency’s air quality index entered a dismal “code maroon,” with an index level above 300, while other areas in upstate New York remain in “very unhealthy” and “unhealthy” levels.
The NWS also warned poor air quality could stretch as far south as Charlotte and Raleigh, North
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