Health Concerns Grow Over Smoky Haze Blanketing Northeast From Canadian Wildfires

With weather systems expected to hardly budge, the smoky blanket billowing from wildfires in Quebec and Nova Scotia is likely to extend into Thursday and possibly the weekend.

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Traffic moves along the West Side Highway at Manhattan on June 7, 2023. AP/Andy Bao

NEW YORK — On air quality maps, purple signifies the worst of it. In reality, it’s a thick, hazardous haze that’s disrupting daily life for millions of people across America and Canada, blotting out skylines and turning skies orange.

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