The acrid smoke from Canadian wildfires that has enveloped Buffalo in heavy haze, turned Manhattan’s skyline orange and polluted Central New York’s air so badly that health officials warned all residents to stay inside is not going away anytime soon.
Prevailing winds from the northeast were expected to push more massive plumes of smoke south to Buffalo and the rest of New York State again Thursday, and probably on Friday, too, meteorologists and environmental officials said Wednesday.
(CNN) — As an orange haze of wildfire smoke from Canada hovers over parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, officials in New York state are warning residents to avoid being outdoors due to the potential health risk that could persist Wednesday.
An air quality advisory was in effect for all of New York State, except the Adirondacks, on Wednesday. The advisory was extended through Thursday.
Gov. Kathy Hochul called the widespread smoke “a crisis.”
“It is also a dangerous situation,” Hochul told reporters Wednesday in Albany. “We’ve been monitoring this for well over a week since the fires started in eastern Canada. And I would say over the last 48 hours, it has gotten significantly worse.”
The air quality in the Buffalo area…
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