New York Alert for Smoke from West Coast Fires and Canada | Why the phenomenon should disappear on Wednesday

A specialist noted that it is not uncommon for smoke from fires on the west coast to reach the east coast of the country, but they are generally high enough in the atmosphere and do not affect air quality. He added that this time the smoke is lower than usual.

The phenomenon should disappear on Wednesday, when the arrival of a cold front in the New York region is awaited, said a spokesman for the United States’ national meteorological service, the National Weather Service.

Several large fires have been developing for a few days in the western United States, especially in California, Nevada and Oregon, where authorities try to contain the “Bootleg Fire”, larger than the entire city of Los Angeles, when it just started the season of fires.

In Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, more than 2,000 people have been evacuated in recent days, amid more than 200 active fires there and in neighboring Manitoba.

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