Red Haze Fills Up Crown Heights
The red haze and smokey smell in Crown Heights and NYC right now are due to smoke from 160 forest fires in Quebec that have reached NYC. According to the National Weather Service • Full Story, Photos, Videos
The red haze and smokey smell in Crown Heights and NYC right now are due to smoke from 160 forest fires in Quebec that have reached NYC. According to the National Weather Service.
The smoke is making the skies hazy and making for potentially dangerous conditions, especially for people with respiratory issues.
The air quality alert means air pollution concentration in the region will be unhealthy for people with heart or lung disease, children and adults over 65.
The smoky skies are the result of more than 160 forest fires burning in Quebec during what federal officials say is shaping up to be among Canada’s worst fire seasons ever.
With more than 480 wilderness firefighters on the ground, Quebec can fight around 30 fires, Quebec Premier Franois Legault told reporters Monday, adding that normally firefighters would come from other provinces to help.
“When I talk to the premiers of other provinces, they have their hands full,” Legault told a briefing in Quebec City.
On Friday afternoon there were 324 fires burning across Canada. As of Monday morning, that had grown to 413, and by late afternoon, the total jumped again.
While there will be improvements on the way for the smoky skies from the Midwest to Northeast in the coming days, the wildfire situation in Canada continues to look dire so there will likely be more rounds of smoke in the coming weeks impacting parts of the U.S.
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