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NYC Faces Poor Air Quality as Smoke From Canada Fires Heads East

Canadian smokes blankets Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states
Some of largest US cities now under smoky skies from fires

WATCH: Air-quality alerts are being issued again as smoke from the Canadian wildfires moves down into the US.Source: Bloomberg

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By Brian K Sullivan

June 28, 2023 at 5:39 PM UTC

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New York City, Long Island and New Jersey have been hit with air-quality alerts as another plume of smoke from Canadian wildfires swirls down across the Great Lakes and into the eastern US.

The current forecast calls for the Air Quality Index in New York and Long Island on Wednesday to reach a range of 101 to 150, or unhealthy for sensitive groups. The air in western New York, including Buffalo and Rochester, is expected to fall into the unhealthy range with an AQI of 151 to 200.