By Syndicated Content
By Peter Szekely
(Reuters) – Dozens of wildfires in the western United States and Canada, led by a massive blaze in Oregon, are sending smoke eastward, worsening air quality and causing colorful sunsets in some places.
More than 80 large wildfires in 13 western states charred nearly 1.3 million acres (526,090 hectares), an area larger than the state of Delaware, by Tuesday, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho.
But due to the jet stream and other cross-continental air currents, the regional disasters were being felt nationally.
Wildfire smoke prompted an advisory from New York health and environmental authorities on Tuesday for fine particulate matter as the region’s Air Quality Index hit 118, which is unhealthy for sensitive groups such as people with breathing problems.
Smoke from U S West wildfires leaves Easterners gasping
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Smoke from the western wildfires has reached the East Coast and it s causing air quality issues and hazy skies
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