Wildfire Smoke Blankets Midwest, East Coast For Second Time This Month
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires is again blowing down into the states, causing certain cities to report potentially hazardous air quality.
Details: According to the Washington Post (Lean Left bias), Canada is experiencing its “worst fire season in modern history.” The resulting smoke is blowing down to the Midwest and east coast of the United States. The National Weather Service issued air quality alerts in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Washington, D.C.
Key Quotes: The National Weather Service Indianapolis Twitter account advised residents to “Limit outdoor activity and avoid outdoor physical activities, especially those that are sensitive to smoke.” New York Governor Kathy Hochul addressed air quality concerns during a press conference Tuesday, stating, “This is not something that we’re talking about future generations dealing with. We are truly the first generation to feel the real effects of climate change.”
How the Media Covered It: CNBC’s (Center bias) article concluded climate change was to blame for the strength of the wildfires, stating, “Wildfires do occur naturally, but climate change can cause hotter, drier conditions that can exacerbate wildfires, research has shown.” The Daily Caller (Right bias) questioned the connection, stating, “The White House previously has promulgated a direct link between climate change and the intensity of this year’s Canadian forest fires, despite Canadian government statistics that do not support the connection between the two phenomena.”
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Millions In US Under Air Quality Alerts As Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets Midwestern, East Coast Skies Yet Again
Tens of millions of Americans are under air quality alerts Wednesday as a smoky haze from the ongoing Canadian wildfires envelops the skies of large portions of the Midwest and some areas of the East Coast, according to CNN.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued air quality alerts for all or parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., as smoke from the ongoing Canadian wildfires hangs over large portions of the U.S. Air...
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Wildfire smoke hits New York again: ‘We are truly the first generation to feel the real effects of climate change,’ Governor Hochul says
Smoke from the wildfires burning in Canada is blowing south and causing dangerous air quality in New York state for the second time in a month.
On Wednesday at 12:40 p.m. EST, New York Governor Kathy Hochul tweeted that air quality health advisories were in effect for the entire state of New York.
“Similar to what we saw a short time ago, the air quality is deteriorating very quickly in our state as a result of the Canadian wildfires,” Hochul said in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. “That’s the...
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Canada wildfire smoke is drifting from the Midwest to the East Coast
Dense smoke from wildfires burning in Canada continued to migrate eastward Wednesday, swinging around a low-pressure area now moving offshore on the East Coast. In its wake, a channel of thick surface smoke draped across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, and increasingly over the Mid-Atlantic.
Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis and Washington were among the cities with the worst air quality in the world Wednesday, according to IQAir. Unhealthy Code Red and Purple conditions stretched from eastern Iowa across Chicago and the lower Great Lakes region, then toward the Appalachian Mountains,...
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