people limiting outside activity especially for anyone with underlying medical conditions who might have trouble breathing. video from the space station 240 miles up showing the extent of the smoke from wildfires billowing in the atmosphere. the mostly cloudy smoke is expected to stick around and the possible danger for many. listen. the levels that people if they were to be outside especially if they are exercising breathing faster, they are going to be inhaling particulates at concentrations the normal smokers would inhale. dana: dr. saphier joining us in a moment with more on the hazards to your health and what you need to know. our meteorologist is reporting from new york city time square. good morning. over 9 million acres on fire in canada. many of those fires uncontrolled right now. it has really prompted a lot of the smoke to continue to billow over the border. a blocked weather pattern in place across the country right now. big ridge of high pressure out to t
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — As the Concho Valley awoke Wednesday morning, a smokey haze settled across the area. The San Angelo Police Department sent out a Nixle alert in the early morning hours of Feb. 28 sharing that smoke from the panhandle was covering the area. Other law enforcement agencies including the […]
stadium to the smokey haze on our skyline, we can see it and smell it and we felt it and it was alarming and concerning. last night at 10:00 p.m. the air quality index hit 218. a very unhealthy level on the levels of health concern it sent shock waves throughout the entire city and this region. this morning at 7:00 a.m. the air quality index was 174 in the bronx and will remain around that level for at least another day. this is an unprecedented event in our city and new yorkers must take precaution. the new york state department of environmental conservation has issued an air advisory.
flames? yeah. there was really no warning. the fire just moved so fast. so there was only so much we could do. getting rescued right now. reporter: the california national guard using a black hawk and chinook helicopter to transport everyone to safety. a middle of the night rescue operation in the heart of the fire zone. some of them were in critical condition with burns or broken bones. to get aircraft to fly at night into the mountains is a is really something else. reporter: the smokey haze from the fire even invading yosemite national park. across california, more than two dozen major fires now scorching the state. in san bernardino county, at the el dorado fire, families using garden hoses to help firefighters battle the flames. officials say this out of control fire was sparked by a pyrotechnic smoke device someone set off as part of a gender reveal photo op. all right, zohreen shah joins us live now, and i want to pick up where you just left off there. that family