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CatastropheNorth America

Canada wildfires cover US northeast in smog

Gasia Ohanes
June 7, 2023

The air in much of the US northeast has turned into thick red smog, from hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada. Officials in many cities are urging residents to stay indoors as pollution levels turn hazardous.

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