Around 75 million people in the US are experiencing dangerous air conditions because of smoke from wildfires raging across Canada, and officials are urging people to limit time spent outdoors and mask up for safety.
Forecasts show the dangerous air conditions could linger for days but are expected to slowly improve across the East heading into the weekend.
Here’s the latest:
- Most of the Washington, DC, metro area is now experiencing hazardous air conditions. Air quality in New York and Philadelphia is still unhealthy but improving slightly from hazardous levels on Wednesday. New York, Charlotte, Detroit, Indianapolis, Delaware and Rhode Island, as well as other areas, remain under air quality alerts.
- Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser has suspended several nonessential citywide services.
- New York City could see “significant improvement” in visibility and air quality by Friday morning, Mayor Eric Adams said at a news conference Thursday morning.
- The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday morning flights nationwide were delayed 34 minutes on average due to the conditions, with the maximum delay lasting an hour and 47 minutes. The agency issued ground stops for Philadelphia and New York airports earlier in the day.
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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/weather/air-quality-smoke-nyc-northeast-thursday/index.html