Hot dogs, beach days and iced tea on the porch are some of the rites of summer. But in an era of global warming, a new ritual has emerged: quelling the smoke from wildfires burning hundreds of miles or more away. The Midwest, Northeast and parts of Canada have been bombarded by thick smoke that
the biggest game in soccer is scheduled for Sunday, when Argentina and Spain will meet in the World Cup final, which will take place outside New York City. There’s just one problem. Smoke from wildfires now threatens the match, and FIFA, the sport’s governing body, does not appear to have any plans to protect the
After a slow start to Canada’s 2026 fire season, activity rebounded in late June amid dry, warm conditions and moved back closer to the 25-year average. As of mid-July, nearly 850 fires were actively burning across the country, according to the Canadian Interagency Wildfire Centre. More than 180 of them burned in Ontario. This NOAA-21
Dense smoke from several large wildfires raging in Canada and Minnesota is expected to blanket large swaths of the Midwest and northeastern United States this week, exposing millions of people to dangerous air pollution. Minnesota officials issued an air quality alert Tuesday through Friday for areas including the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Alexandria and Two
GUNNISON, Colorado.- A plane helping fight a wildfire in Colorado crashed into a reservoir, killing the pilot, authorities said. The plane reportedly went down Sunday in Silver Jack Reservoir and divers recovered the pilot’s body, the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office posted online. The pilot, believed to be the only person on board, was assisting firefighters
LOS ANGELES — A rapidly spreading fire prompted evacuation orders Friday afternoon in a sparsely populated area of Los Angeles County. The wildfire ignited around 1 p.m. in dry, scorching heat conditions in a remote desert region about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Temperatures