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Canadian Wildfires Send Smoke South, Lowering Air Quality in Midwest and Northeast
More than 830 fires are burning across Canada. Smoke plumes have reached the Midwest and Northeast, reducing air quality in those regions.
Jul 16, 2:00 PM·1m read1 source
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More than 830 wildfires are burning in Canada. Pilots have flown through thick smoke plumes rising high into the atmosphere. The smoke has moved southward. Air quality has declined in parts of the Midwest and Northeast.
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The fires continue to generate large smoke columns.
Footage shows aircraft passing directly through the plumes.
The drifting smoke has reached populated areas farther south.
Officials have recorded lower air quality readings in affected states.
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