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NYC’s air pollution among world’s worst as smoke from Canadian wildfires set to linger
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0:49Now PlayingNew York City’s air was more polluted than all but two of the world’s major cities Wednesdayas thick smoke from wildfires burning hundreds of miles away in Canada was set to continue to choke much of the Northeast through the weekend.
An ominous orange haze crept over the city for a second day as all five boroughs were placed under an Air Quality Health Advisory until Thursday morning due to wind patterns pushing smoke south from over 150 forest fires in Quebec — 110 of which have been deemed out of control.
“Unhealthy” air and smoky conditions are expected to linger over the five boroughs until Sunday, as Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday urged New Yorkers with heart or breathing issues to “limit … outdoor activities to the absolute necessities.”
By Wednesday afternoon, only New Delhi, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh had worse air than the city, according to the website IQair, which tracks pollution levels.
“We’ll be in this same kind of weather pattern through today, and tomorrow as well,” Fox Weather meteorologist Stephen McCloud told The Post. “By Sunday night we should start to see improvement as a new storm system from the west approaches and starts to move this storm system out.”
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