Photographs: Smoke from Canada wildfires blankets Northeast

Climate

By Tuesday night, New York Metropolis had probably the most polluted air on the planet with an air high quality index ranking of 196. On Saturday, town’s AQI ranking was 15.

Smoke from the a whole bunch of wildfires in jap Canada has drifted into the USA, casting a sky of smog over New York Metropolis and triggering air alerts throughout the northeast. Maansi Srivastava/The New York Occasions

Smoke from a whole bunch of wildfires all through Canada drifted into the USA on Tuesday triggering air high quality issues throughout the East Coast.

Lots of turned to social media posting photographs of the hazy sky, and maybe no metropolis fared worse than Boston’s southern neighbor, New York. By Tuesday night, New York Metropolis had probably the most polluted air on the planet with an air high quality index ranking of 196. On Saturday, town’s AQI ranking was 15.

Right here’s a have a look at NYC’s smoggy sky.

A satellite tv for pc picture offered by Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration exhibits the smoke from Canada’s wildfires in North America on Tuesday.
*NOAA by way of The New York Occasions*

Smoke from Canada’s wildfires covers the Manhattan Skyline seen from Queens on Tuesday.
*Maansi Srivastava/The New York Occasions*

Smog covers Yankee Stadium as New York Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt pitches to Chicago White Sox’s Tim Anderson throughout the first inning of a baseball recreation on Tuesday.
*AP Picture/Frank Franklin II*

Smoke from Canada’s wildfires covers the Manhattan Skyline seen from Queens on Tuesday.
*Maansi Srivastava/The New York Occasions* *– Maansi Srivastava/The New York Occasions*

A dense haze attrib
utable to wildfires in Canada enveloped the Manhattan skyline on Tuesday.
*Picture by Spencer Platt/Getty Pictures*

The Staten Island Ferry strikes previous the Statue of Liberty on a hazy morning ensuing from Canadian wildfires on Tuesday.
*Picture by Spencer Platt/Getty Pictures*

A haze covers Lengthy Seaside and the higher New York space with smoke from Canada wildfires on Tuesday.
*Johnny Milano/The New York Occasions*

Buildings in Jersey Metropolis, N.J. are partially obscured by smoke from Canadian wildfires as boats journey on the Hudson River, seen from Manhattan on Tuesday
*AP Picture/Patrick Sison*

Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ air high quality, whereas not as poor as New York’s, nonetheless prompted statewide warnings as a lot of the Bay State noticed important drops in air high quality.

Massachusetts

Publication Signup

Related Posts

Pics: Somerville’s Sligo Pub says a not-so-Irish Goodbye

NH couple rescued whereas mountain climbing in White Mountains

Man charged for allegedly groping girl at Forest Hills MBTA Station