Flights have been halted and millions of people urged to stay indoors as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted south, blanketing New york and other US cities in a thick yellowish haze.
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With weather systems expected to hardly budge, the smoky blanket billowing across the U.S. and Canada from wildfires in Quebec and Nova Scotia could persist into the weekend.
A video game billboard in Times Square went viral Wednesday after pollution from the raging Canadian wildfires bathed the Big Apple in orange. The display in question promotes the new "Diablo IV" game and features Lilith, one of the game's antagonists, and perfectly captures the city's mood. "WELCOME TO HELL, NEW YORK," reads the promotion as the sinister, horned Queen of the Succubi already bathed in red stares down intently with a blanket of orange sky as a backdrop.