Prepare for another round of toxic smoke. BC is burning up!
This is the worst year for fires on record for the province of BC. It has been very dry and the winds are expected to pick up late this week. Eastern Canada and the US could soon be blanketed in smoke again.
Evacuation alerts have been issued..
https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/current-wildfire-information-2023/
Young Canadian firefighter killed battling blaze in British Columbia
Province declares state of emergency for Stikine region
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023EMCR0045-001113
Evacuation orders issued for regions in B.C’s Prince George Fire Centre
The situation is dire!
British Columbia is in the midst of one of its worst wildfire seasons ever. Currently, there are 374 fires burning across the province, including 22 wildfires of note. A wildfire of note means it is highly visible or poses a threat to communities and residents. At a recent press conference, Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma said 1,034 fires have burned more than 1.2 million hectares of land since April 1.
“We are anticipating continued extreme fire behaviour, and all of us need to do our part to prevent the situation from getting any worse, no matter where you are in the province.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/9759033/bc-wildfire-list-location-size-evacuations/
Satellite images from NASA shows just how bad it really is..?
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151578/fires-rage-in-british-columbia
Smoke Pollution From Canadian Wildfires Returns to Parts of U.S.
Air polluted by the Canadian wildfires is back in the United States this week.
There are nearly 900 wildfires burning across Canada, but the smoke this week will be coming from the western part of the country.
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“Unfortunately, the wildfire smoke will begin to make a return to the region to start the new week,” according to the National Weather Service in the Philadelphia area.
Air quality alerts were issued for multiple areas, including the Midwest, the Great Lakes, central Tennessee and North Carolina, as well as the Northeast.
By 5 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, several cities were reporting elevated readings of the Air Quality Index: 158 in Buffalo, 155 in Chicago and 142 in Nashville. The index runs from 0 to 500; the higher the number, the greater the level of air pollution. An A.Q.I. of 201 or more is considered very unhealthy.
Unhealthy conditions are forecast for upstate New York on Monday, according to AirNow, a website run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which oversees air quality across the country.
Air quality health advisories were issued in New York for Monday for the entire state. The forecast is expected to cause “unhealthy for all” conditions in the area closest to the Canadian border, according to AirNow. In other parts of the state, conditions will reach “unhealthy for sensitive groups” status.
https://dnyuz.com/2023/07/17/smoke-pollution-from-canadian-wildfires-returns-to-parts-of-u-s/
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