2023-06-07 19:50:10
International media reports that the Canadian wildfires are sweeping across the northeastern United States in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting advisories for vulnerable populations to stay indoors and avoid outdoor activities.
Perspective Writing
As they detail, the effects of hundreds of forest fires burning in the western provinces as far as Quebec could be felt as far away as New York City and New England, blurring horizons and irritating throats.
In this context, the US authorities issued air quality alerts. Foggy conditions and smoke from the wildfires were reported across the Great Lakes region from Cleveland to Buffalo.
So far in 2023, there have been 2,214 forest fires in Canada, which have consumed more than three million hectares of forest, when the average in the last decade was 1,624 fires and 254,429 hectares consumed, according to the Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources. .
As reported by “The Voice of America”, smoke from the fires has been wafting across the Northeastern states of the US for weeks, but it has only recently been noticeable in most places.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul told local media Tuesday’s cloudy skies “were hard to miss.” While New York City Mayor Eric Adams encouraged residents to limit outdoor activities “to absolute necessities.”
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