The air quality in New York returned this Sunday to constitute a danger to public health due to the smoke from forest fires in Canada, Europa Press reported, citing North American environmental entities.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, air quality is at “unhealthy” levels, which means that people with heart disease, the elderly, children and adolescents should refrain from prolonged and strenuous activities outdoors. free.
Even so, the haze this Sunday in New York will not reach the levels recorded in recent days, which dyed the skies of Manhattan orange.
Air quality is now at dangerous levels in southern Canada, between Rouyn-Noranda and the North Bay area, the epicenter of the country’s wildfires, which have burned an area the size of the Netherlands in British Columbia, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Quebec and parts. from ontario.
The gases and particles emitted by the forest fires in Canada are expected to reach the Iberian Peninsula today, but without any threat to human health, the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) said last Wednesday.
In a statement on the fires in Canada and the effects in Portugal, the IPMA reports that the forest fires that have ravaged Canada for weeks have released “significant amounts of gases and particles that are transported and dispersed by the winds” into the atmosphere.
Portugal sent a joint force made up of 140 operatives to Canada on Wednesday to help fight forest fires, which will intervene in the province of Quebec.
Thousands of firefighters from various countries around the world are currently fighting active fires in Canada, with the province of Quebec being the most affected region.
Source: TSF
