![]() ![]() Use fans and air conditioning to stay cool. Choose a room you can close off from outside air. Most importantly, try to keep the smoke outside. People with asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), heart disease, who are pregnant, children and responders are especially at risk.īreathing in the smoke can cause almost immediate effects such as coughing, trouble breathing, wheezing, asthma attacks, stinging eyes, scratchy throat, runny nose and irritated sinuses, headaches, being tired, chest pain and a fast heartbeat. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), wildfire smoke is a mix of gases and fine particles that can make anyone sick. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO Follow the advice of local officials regarding the air quality where you live and work. In the last 40 years, the number of acres burned by wildfires has more than tripled. In the U.S., wildfire seasons are lasting longer, and fires are becoming more frequent and aggressive. More frequent and intense disasters are ravaging communities and upending lives as a result of our changing climate. ĬLIMATE CRISIS Wildfires in Canada aren’t usually this bad in the east at this time of year, but the climate crisis continues to cause heat, little rain and dry forests. You can check your air quality conditions at. ![]() ![]() The worst air quality is being seen around the Great Lakes but is expected to move east to the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, parts of the Appalachians and the Mid-Atlantic region. An Air Quality Index (AQI) above 300 is considered hazardous and places like Chicago and Detroit are seeing the smoky conditions that affected the Northeast earlier this month. As the smoke again descends here, people in the Midwest are being warned to take precautions before going outside. More than half of Canada’s fires are burning out of control and have already consumed as many as 7.9 million acres. As more than 480 wildfires continue to burn in Canada, smoke from the fires is once again floating down to the U.S. ![]()
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