Wildfires have been raging in Canada for weeks, the consequences are fatal. Much of the Midwestern United States is experiencing poor air and unrestricted visibility. The situation is particularly serious in Chicago right now, as the city is shrouded in thick clouds of smoke and the sky is dark.
The Great Lakes region, bordering Canada, was particularly affected by unhealthy to very unhealthy air quality, as shown by National Weather Service and US Environmental Protection Agency maps.
In metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, where the skyline was only dimly visible through the haze on Tuesday, the mayor urged children, the elderly, pregnant women and people with heart and lung problems to avoid strenuous activities and to spend little time outside.
Unhealthy air quality
“Cities across North America have experienced unhealthy air quality this summer from smoke from wildfires, which today affect more than 20 million people in New York City, Washington DC, Montreal and here in Chicago,” Mayor Brandon Johnson wrote Tuesday. on Facebook. The “worrying episode” highlights the damaging effects the climate crisis is having on the city’s residents and people around the world.
Portugal also affected
Numerous fires have been raging in Canada for weeks. In early June, smoke enveloped parts of the U.S. East Coast, causing metropolitan New York’s worst air quality in decades. Even in Portugal, a cloud of smoke is currently obscuring the sky – according to the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), this is also due to the fires in Canada.
Source: Krone
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