THE Forest fires who were unleashed on Canada affect air quality in virtually any state of new Yorkas New York authorities warned on Tuesday.

“The State Department of Environment has issued a health advisory for today, as smoke from wildfires in canada affects new york city air“Warned the city’s health department, in a message posted via its Twitter account.

New York State, located in the northeast of the United States, borders Canada to the north.

Sanitation officials in New York have asked New Yorkers to limit outdoor activities and warned that “people with heart or respiratory problems, children and the elderly may be particularly susceptible”.

According to the air quality measurement scale, it is in the level 3i.e. 1 “good” and 6 “dangerous”.

The far west is the only region where air quality levels remain moderate.

Monday there was 413 active fires in Canada according to the country’s authorities, who have warned that climate change will make it one of the worst fire seasons on record.

A situation that the Prime Minister of the country, Justin Trudeaudid not hesitate to describe ” creepy “ during a press appearance he gave with six ministers to highlight the seriousness of the problem.

According to data provided by the Government of Canada, the country is recording an unusual number of fires for this period, which have already forced the evacuation of 26,206 people.

So far in 2024, there have been 2,214 forest fireswhich consumed more than three million hectares of forest, while the average for the last decade was 1,624 fires and 254,429 hectares consumed, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.

(With information from EFE)

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