Hazardous, Smoke-Filled Air Fills Eastern U.S. Due To Canadian Wildfires Fueled By Climate Change
New York City currently has the worst, most hazardous air quality in the entire world, with the AQI going off the charts at 353 earlier this afternoon. It’s since gotten a little better, and you can track the global rankings here.
Raging Canadian wildfires caused by climate change are to blame for the dangerous air filling the northeast United States, and this report explains how and why the fires are burning:
I’d say wear a mask if you have to be outside, but then people might be reminded of the ongoing pandemic that we’re not allowed to acknowledge, and you might get some dirty looks. Either way, you’re fucked, as usual. Videos from NYC today:
#BREAKING: New footage from the George Washington Bridge (connecting New Jersey and New York City) of the toxic smoke now enveloping the northeast, as dozens of wildfires burn uncontrolled across Canada. #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/7HjdJwMaEG
— Breaking 4 News (@Breaking_4_News) June 7, 2023
This is absolutely insane.
Right now the air quality in NYC is the worst since the 1960’s.
Visibility is getting worse and the entire city smells like a camp fire. pic.twitter.com/YnqsMJx8OD
— Ryan Field (@RyanFieldABC) June 7, 2023
New York City is being smothered in scary #wildfire smoke and wind right now. (Can’t even see the Empire State Building right across the way.) #NYC #AirQualityAlert pic.twitter.com/uT5THmXumO
— Inga Sarda-Sorensen (@isardasorensen) June 7, 2023
