An air quality advisory for Long Island is the result of smoke from Canada wildfires, New York State officials say.

Officials at Cleveland Department of Public Health are keeping an eye on local threats to the region’s air quality, including issues related to smoke from Canadian wildfires.

In June 2023, a surreal glowing orange haze descended on New York City and across other East Coast locations as winds concentrated and redirected smoke from Canada wildfires. The smoke eventually ...

The fires’ consequences are not just being felt locally, but internationally. Smoke from the wildfires has drifted across the Atlantic Ocean, turning skies above the United Kingdom orange. The fires’ smoke may also be uniquely toxic due to the country’s heavily mined forests.

Right now, wildfires are raging across over 7 million acres of Western Canada’s boreal forest, a continuous blanket of conifers and growth that covers much of the country and is particularly susceptible to changes in the climate, like warmer temperatures and less snow or rain.

It’s still early in the season and Canadian wildfires have already burned 7.8 million acres, the yearly average in 7.3 million acres.

The wildfire-induced smoke currently blanketing the Calgary area, is so bad Environment Canada (EC) is telling people to go back inside, in an air quality warning issued early Wednesday.

In May, wildfires forced Joseph Garry and thousands from Canada's indigenous communities to evacuate. Government-provided flights took evacuees like Garry to Niagara Falls, highlighting the crisis's impact on indigenous populations and inadequate government response.