06/07/2023 6:13 pm (act. 06/07/2023 06:56 pm)
The aftermath of the wildfires in Canada reached New York. ©Getty Images
The numerous wildfires in Canada are also noticeable on the US East Coast.
Smoke from hundreds of wildfires in eastern Canada has moved south and shrouded the American metropolis of New York in a hazy veil, wrote the “New York Times” on Tuesday night (local time). The photos showed how cloudy the sky was over the Manhattan skyline. The city issued an alert about poor air quality.
“very unhealthy” air
After measurements at 10 pm (local time), New York Mayor Eric Adams said, according to a statement, that the air had become “very unhealthy” in parts of the city, the newspaper reported. In the Canadian metropolises of Ottawa and Toronto, as well as in the US states of Minnesota and Massachusetts, authorities warned residents about bad air.
Numerous fires have raged across western Canada and now also across the north east of the country for weeks. In the southeastern province of Nova Scotia, the situation has improved somewhat recently.