Canada Wildfires Lead to Air-Quality Alerts in Northeastern US

More than 400 active fires were burning across Canada, prompting thousands to evacuate their homes. Smoke from hundreds of wildfires in blanketed New York City on Tuesday morning. Air quality alerts were posted throughout the Northeast. Canada is on pace for its worst-ever wildfire season on record, with approximately 8.2 million acres burned so far this year, according to data from the Canadian government.

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