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Air quality concerns linger over 49ers-Giants game on Thursday Night Football
The Bay Area’s poor air quality is adding an extra twist to the San Francisco 49ers’ home opener in Santa Clara Thursday night.
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Environmental Protection Agency delays new ozone pollution standards until after the 2024 election
The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for smog despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health.
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Hazy skies, poor visibility at some Mass. beaches to start holiday weekend
Our Fourth of July holiday weekend is off to a dry but hazy start at several beaches in Massachusetts, including Duxbury and Nantasket, as the wildfires in Canada continue to generate a lot of smoke. Duxbury Beach operations said on Saturday that the beach had poor visibility due to smoke pouring in from the Canadian wildfires. The haze has come…
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Smoke and haze from Canadian wildfires will affect our air quality again this weekend
As we head into the holiday weekend, you may notice a little more haze in the air. Once again, the wildfires in Canada are generating a lot of smoke. Low- and mid-level winds have been favorable to concentrate the smoke across the Great Lakes down through Pennsylvania and into North Carolina. As a storm system moves across through the Great…
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Partly Cloudy in New England on Thursday Night
Tonight: Partly cloudy, patchy fog. Lows in the low 60s. Friday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance isolated PM shower or storm. Highs in the 80s. Saturday: Partly sunny. PM showers possible out west. Highs in the low 80s. Sunday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms. High near 80.
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Where are the Canadian wildfires, how did they start and could more smoke be on the way?
Canadian wildfires will send worsening smoky air across the country and neighboring United States in coming days after recent heavy rains in Quebec missed the places where the fires are most active, officials said Wednesday.
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How to keep your pets safe during dangerous air quality levels
There are many health risks that people can face when it comes to wildfire smoke. However, health problems brought on by the dangerous air quality levels are not just limited to humans — our beloved pets face them as well.
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Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in parts of the US
Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States.
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Belmont Park will resume live racing after air quality improves ahead of Belmont Stakes
The New York Racing Association has announced that live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant improvement in air quality conditions in the state.
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Weather forecast: Scattered showers
Thursday night: Variable clouds, patchy fog inland. Lows 50-54. Friday: Scattered showers, chance for a thunderstorm or two, cloudy. Highs in the low 60s. Saturday: Highs in the upper 60s. Scattered showers to sun.
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Social media reacts to record-high air quality concerns blanketing Tri-State area
Much of the East Coast is covered by an orange sky, the result of wildfire smoke traveling south from Canada. Here’s what people have to say on social media.
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Should you run the AC when air quality is bad?
When the air quality is poor outside, is it safe to use your air conditioner? Here’s what doctors say.
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Weather Forecast: Clouds and fog
Thursday night: Variable clouds, patchy fog inland. Lows 50-54. Friday: Scattered showers, chance for a thunderstorm or two, cloudy. Highs in the low 60s. Saturday: Highs in the upper 60s. Scattered showers to sun.
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NYC sees uptick in asthma-related ER visits amid Canadian wildfire smoke
New York health officials say a slight increase in emergency department arrivals began Wednesday, as the skies became an unrecognizable and ominous orange.
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Air quality concerns persist across East Coast
New York City continues to have some of the worst air quality in the world as smoke from wildfires in Canada moves across the continent.
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Forecast: Air quality improving, temps stay cool
Thursday evening: Mostly cloudy, temperatures in the upper 50s, few showers move eastward. Overnight Thursday night: Variable clouds, patchy fog inland. Lows 50°-54°. Friday: Scattered showers, chance for a t-storm or two, cloudy. Highs in the low 60s.
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Wildfire smoke, common in the West, catches outdoor workers off guard across East Coast
Wildfire smoke is part of life in California and the American West, but it’s an unfamiliar foe in New York City and other East Coast cities.
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Why didn't Boston get the extremely smoky air that NYC did?
The extremely hazy skies over New York City and other Northeast cities this week have captivated the country as smoke from Canadian wildfires turned the air an ominous orange color. Boston had its own smoky skies on Tuesday, but avoided the almost apocalyptic sights from New York City, where the air quality was rated as hazardous and temporarily the worst…
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Will Belmont Stakes be called off? NY Gov. Kathy Hochul says it's up in the air
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned the Belmont Stakes could be called off if the air quality index exceeds 200 on its scale.
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Smoke map: When will smoke clear and why is it worse in the afternoon?
The smoke continues to smother the tri-state because of a weather pattern know as an “Omega Block” to meteorologists — here’s what that means and when we can expect the smoke to ultimately clear out