{"id":2813,"date":"2026-07-16T18:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:39:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:39:28","slug":"canadian-wildfire-smoke-turns-air-hazardous-in-the-u-s-midwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2813","title":{"rendered":"Canadian wildfire smoke turns air hazardous in the U.S. Midwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>Heavy, pungent smoke from Canadian wildfires darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility for commuters and prompting warnings that air quality could make being outside dangerous.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2809\">Sen. Fetterman says he\u2019ll leave the Democratic Party if it \u2018officially\u2019 becomes \u2018anti-Israel\u2019<\/a><\/p><p>Detroit\u2019s air quality was among the worst in the world for major cities, as a lingering high pressure system trapped smoke from dozens of fires in Canada and northern Minnesota, said Steven Freitag, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Pontiac, Michigan.<\/p><div><\/div><p>\u201cSure enough, it arrived in force here and it\u2019s really pretty extreme levels,\u201d said Freitag, who noted that visibility in some areas was reduced to a half mile.<\/p><section><div><div><div><div><\/div><div><div><span>00:46<\/span><\/div><div><div><div><button><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" 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wildfires blanket the Northeast in thick smoke<\/p><div><span>00:00<\/span><span>00:00<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><p>Omar Mitchell wore a mask as he walked to his restaurant in Detroit. He said he urged his employees to do the same.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s scary,\u201d Mitchell, 50, said as he looked at the sky. \u201cYou don\u2019t know necessarily what the side effects may be. That\u2019s days or months later.\u201d<\/p><p>Cities across the Great Lakes states registered air quality ranging from unhealthy to hazardous \u2014 which means it\u2019s unhealthy for anyone, regardless of health conditions. Microscopic particles can lodge deep in the lungs and enter the bloodstream, leading to heart and lung problems and contributing to other long-term health issues.<\/p><div><\/div><p>All of Michigan and much of Minnesota were under a hazardous air quality alert. In the Chicago area, air quality ranged from very unhealthy to hazardous.<\/p><p>National Weather Service meteorologist Jake Petr said even if winds from the northwest clear skies as expected later this week, the smoky air could keep returning until the fires are out. That could take weeks or longer.<\/p><p>\u201cAnytime we have something that could bring air from that region until the fires are over, it could conceivably dip back into the area,\u201d Petr said.<\/p><p>In St. Paul, Minnesota, the air was \u201cglowing yellow,\u201d said Brent Williams, head of the soil, water and climate department at the University of Minnesota, who said the area \u201ccould be looking at weeks to months of continued smoke and flare-ups off and on as the winds blow in different directions.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2807\">\u2018Lowest flying airplane I\u2019ve ever seen\u2019: Blue Angels\u2019 pass over Florida beachgoers sends chairs, umbrellas flying<\/a><\/p><p>A study published this year found that long-term exposure to tiny particles from wildfire smoke contributed to an average of 24,100 deaths a year in the lower 48 states. Long-term exposure can make existing health problems worse and lead to a range of chronic and deadly health issues, including respiratory illness, cardiovascular and neurological diseases, and premature death.<\/p><p>In the New York City area, a thick, gloomy haze tinged the morning sky in orange-and-yellow, reducing visibility so dramatically that it partly obscured Manhattan\u2019s prominent skyline.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Smoke eased a bit in the metropolitan area but was expected to thicken again by late afternoon or evening, possibly lasting overnight, weather service meteorologist Maureen Hastings said.<\/p><section><div><div><div><div><\/div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2812\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d708b296215432969810735e5e78a7b1.webp\" width=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d708b296215432969810735e5e78a7b1.webp 760w, https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d708b296215432969810735e5e78a7b1-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<div><div><div><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><div><ul><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><button><\/button><div><\/div><\/li><li><\/li><li><span>Add NBC News to Google<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div><div>Video shows Canadian train crew surrounded by wildfire flames<\/div><div><span>02:03<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><p>City officials opened cooling centers as health officials urged New Yorkers to limit strenuous and prolonged outdoor activities and to stick to air-conditioned spaces as much as possible. State officials distributed tens of thousands of face masks at transit hubs and other major locations.<\/p><p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani said public schools, parks and other city agencies were moving activities indoors, rescheduling events and adjusting operations as air quality was expected to worsen as the day progressed.<\/p><p>The state Department of Environmental Conservation warned that there was a potential for temporary spikes of \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d air quality from Buffalo in the state\u2019s western corner to Rochester by Lake Ontario, Syracuse in the central region, down to the greater New York City area.<\/p><p>Philadelphia officials urged people to avoid strenuous activity and stay inside or wear N95 or KN95 masks outside.<\/p><p>\u201cToday is not the day to start your marathon training plan,\u201d said Dr. Palak Raval-Nelson, the city\u2019s public health commissioner.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2805\">Police arrest man who shouted racial slur at \u2018TODAY\u2019 co-anchor Craig Melvin<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heavy, pungent smoke from Canadian wildfires darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility for commuters and prompting warnings that air quality could make being outside dangerous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-in-crisis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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