Post by Poor Richard on May 18, 2023 10:31:44 GMT -7
Smoke from Canadian wildfires choke skies across America's northern tier
Fox News reports "Thick smoke from Canadian wildfires is now pushing across the border into America's northern tier states, blanketing several states in a milky orange-tinged haze and sending air quality to hazardous levels in a few areas.
Around 150 wildfires are burning across northern Alberta and British Columbia, pouring acrid smoke across western Canada that is carrying south into the United States along the upper-level winds. Smoke has reached into the Pacific Northwest, northern Plains and even into the Mississippi Valley. Smoky skies have been reported as far south as St. Louis and Paducah, Kentucky and as far west as Seattle."
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Around 150 wildfires are burning across northern Alberta and British Columbia, pouring acrid smoke across western Canada that is carrying south into the United States along the upper-level winds. Smoke has reached into the Pacific Northwest, northern Plains and even into the Mississippi Valley. Smoky skies have been reported as far south as St. Louis and Paducah, Kentucky and as far west as Seattle."
Read the full story here.