Tracking the Smoke From the Canadian Fires

Smoke and haze filled the skies across the Northeast on Tuesday, as wildfires burning hundreds of miles away in Canada made the air unhealthy in New York City, Boston and elsewhere. More than 150 fires were active in Quebec alone, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre .

The forecast computer model in the map above shows where the thickest smoke is likely near the surface over the next several hours.

Many of the fires burning in Quebec started days ago, if not weeks. But a storm system swirling off the coast of Nova Scotia forced the smoke from these […]

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