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People living in the Midwest and Northeast were warned of a worsening air quality index throughout the week due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires
Wildfire smoke from Canada captivated the East Coast this week, but data shows that much of the United States has been dealing with smoke since early May. Maps: Canadian wildfire smoke has covered ...
When the fire season officially ended on October 31, the province had seen 775,000 hectares burned, compared to 2.2 million in 2023. [13] The Jasper fire topped the list of Canada's 10 most impactful weather stories of 2024. [32]
An Earthcam shows smoke in Kansas City, Missouri on the morning of May 14, 2024. (Earthcam) In a replay of last year around the same time, wildfires in Canada have become more numerous over the ...
Roughly half of all wildfires in Canada are caused by lightning; due to climate change, lightning-caused fires are happening more frequently, and lightning strikes are expected to double by the end of the century. [18] [29] [30] In terms of wildfire acreage, lightning-caused fires account for about 85% of land burned.
So far, there have been 4,024 wildfires across Canada, scorching more than 23.5 million acres, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. That already exceeds the record of 18.7 ...
The weather conditions over Texas at the time were highly conducive to the spread of fires, with unusually warm temperatures and gusty conditions prevailing over the region. [8] [9] The area scorched by the fire grew rapidly to 500,000 acres (780 sq mi; 200,000 ha) within 24 hours of ignition as strong winds fanned the flames eastward. [10]
The smoke from those fires created hazardous conditions in New York City earlier this month, when the metropolis’s Air Quality Index spiked to 405, shattering the previous record of 279 set in 1981.